Darmian: "Difficult to explain, we'll work to improve"

“It's hard to explain: a team like ours should not let a two-goal lead slip. We need to work on this. It’s difficult to find an explanation right now, but we’ll work on everything because our remaining matches are increasingly important, and we’ll need to be ready. In Serie A, you can’t afford to slow down, and today’s draw proves it. It’s not as if we hit the brakes: the team reacted after their second goal, but we weren’t able to win. We’ll move on from this draw and look to the future with a positive mindset. In just three days, we have a crucial match against a very strong team where we’ll need to prove our worth. We want to compete in every competition, and we’ll go to Germany to produce a big performance. We know the challenges that await, and we’ll do our best to prepare in the best possible way and recover our energy. Returning to Parma was a pleasure. I only played here for a year, but both the club and the city left a mark on me: this is a place where people live and breathe football. I wish them all the best.”