Parma Coach Hector Cuper insists that injuries were partly responsible for yesterday’s emphatic defeat at the hands of Juventus.
Cuper’s Emilia-Romagna outfit never troubled the Old Lady and looked short of ideas in their 3-0 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico.
While defeat leaves the Crociati’s Serie A status in jeopardy, Cuper insists that injuries played their part.
“Cristiano Lucarelli and Igor Budan have been having problems and Luca Cigarini wasn’t 100 per cent,” he lamented on Sky Sport Italia.
“Also, Domenico Morfeo woke up with a fever in the morning, but that wasn’t the reason why we lost.
“I made my choices – it is a difficult time, but we have to immediately put this defeat behind us.
“We have to keep fighting because nothing is lost yet. Everything was lacking in this game, but we won’t give up.”
Parma host Napoli this weekend before a crunch match against fellow strugglers Reggina in Week 35.
Cuper knows that his side must collect as many points as possible ahead of their brutal final fortnight that sees the Ducali face Fiorentina and Inter.
