Serie A Women Athora, the mixed zone of Parma Calcio Women-Como Women

Paolo Tramezzani’s analysis

On the result and the performance: “As the girls know, we win and lose together. It wasn't one single incident that cost us the game. I believe Parma deserved to win today. We reacted well after conceding the goal, but normally we are more effective, more determined, more aggressive and make things more difficult for our opponents. But it's just one game. We know that today it hurts, today it feels bad, but tomorrow we move on. We already know what we need to keep doing. It's also right that it hurts a little today, that we're frustrated about losing. We've been on a good run and we need to know how to respond to games like this. It's just one match. Anyone involved in this sport, anyone who understands football, knows what it means to win and to lose. Today we could have been a little more careful and done a few things better, because these are aspects we usually get right. Congratulations to our opponents, they deserved to win.”

On the next match: “We know exactly what we need to do to bounce back. In fact, we've practically already started doing so. Our focus is on what we've always done: focusing on the pitch, on training, and on our desire to keep moving forward and improving, regardless of who our opponents are.”

Sophie Howard's Statements

"We knew they were a physical team. They rely on winning first and second balls, and we knew it was going to be a physically demanding game. Today, they did that better than we did, and we have to be honest about that. We also knew they would be waiting for us to make mistakes so they could capitalise on them, and that's exactly what happened. I think we just need to reflect, be honest and acknowledge that our performance wasn't good enough. Today, Parma were the better team, as difficult as that is to admit. But we have another opportunity next week, and we just need to focus on putting things right. That's what we're trained to do as athletes. The beauty of football is that you get another opportunity the following week, and we have to see that as a chance to improve, become stronger and deliver the kind of performance we know we're capable of. We know we can play good football, but we can also compete in physically demanding and hard-fought games. We have to acknowledge that today wasn't good enough. But we know what to do, we know how to react, and we'll be ready next week".