Parma 0-2 Cremonese – Cuesta accepts blame after his side ‘didn’t live up to expectations’
Carlos Cuesta made no attempt to deflect responsibility after Parma’s damaging home defeat to Cremonese, accepting personal blame and acknowledging that his side produced a performance well below th...
Parma 0-2 Cremonese – Cuesta accepts blame after his side ‘didn’t live up to expectations’ Carlos Cuesta made no attempt to deflect responsibility after Parma’s damaging home defeat to Cremonese , accepting personal blame and acknowledging that his side produced a performance well below the standards that had made them one of Serie A’s more compelling stories in recent months. The result is a serious blow to Parma’s survival hopes. Having gone five games unbeaten and given genuine cause for optimism, back-to-back defeats to Torino and now Cremonese have left Cuesta’s side looking over their shoulder with eight fixtures remaining and the gap closing in.
The Spanish coach was forthright in his assessment. “We have not yet spoken in the dressing room, but the feeling is clear, we did not live up to expectations,” he said, with quotes via TuttoMercatoWeb . “We need to analyse and work to get back to the dynamic we had until two weeks ago.
” NAPLES, ITALY – JANUARY 14: Head coach Carlos Cuesta of Parma Calcio 1913 gestures during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Parma Calcio 1913 at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on January 14, 2026 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) Parma 0-2 Cremonese – Cuesta accepts blame for disappointing loss He was equally direct when identifying where things went wrong, pointing to a lack of sharpness in pressing and duels rather than any issue with attitude. “The first person responsible is me, I need to look at myself carefully to help the players in the best possible way.
” Cuesta also highlighted a structural problem that has lingered throughout the season, the difficulty in connecting play through the midfield to the forwards. “If you cannot involve the midfielders and progress the ball forward, everything becomes harder,” he said. “Even when we win the ball back, we need to be more precise in exploiting the spaces before the opposition reorganises.