Cagliari, Giulini and the new stadium: «Unfortunately we are still in the depths of bureaucracy»

And again: "Leading Cagliari, wearing the red and blue jersey is a huge responsibility because we represent a wonderful region and people, which I have been lucky enough to frequent for many years. In Sardinia, unlike comparable regions and lands - I'm thinking of Sicily, Corsica, the Basque Country -, only one team has reached the Serie A football league and won a historic championship. This alone makes you understand the meaning of Cagliari for the Sardinians who follow and support us on every occasion, from every part of the world. This is also why the word entrepreneur is not the right one in sports: football belongs to the fans, the teams belong to the fans, and we never remember it enough".

«RANIERI, AN EXAMPLE» – Giulini then spoke of positive examples, quoting Sir Claudio Ranieri: «I believe there is always a great need for positive examples to follow, for important messages. Our former coach Claudio Ranieri, right here in Bari – in a festive, full stadium, with Bari as the favorite and tens of thousands of people ready to rejoice – sent a splendid message not only to our fans but to all of sport: football must be experienced with balance, but above all with respect».

THE NATIONAL TEAM – The president also commented on the new course of the Italian national team: «As a fan I suffered for the European Championships, where the team and the coach gave too little: the fan at that moment always expects lynching and drastic decisions. From those resignations that did not arrive and that perhaps someone expected, what we are seeing now was born: a team that plays football, a coach who instills his ideas, quality young people, I like the analogy with that terrible night in Venice in 2022 and from which we started again. The Nations League is giving positive feelings, balance must be maintained because it is a young Italy that still has to make itself, but I am convinced that it will happen because I think there is a strong group, which probably had not yet been forged at the European Championships».

“CALL VAR” – A few considerations on the rules of football are inevitable: «VAR must first of all be understood, because it is subject to countless dynamics. I’ll give you a very recent example: against Juventus we saw two fairly “light” penalties. We wanted to clarify with the refereeing heads why in our penalty the entire action was evaluated from the beginning, which didn’t happen in the penalty for Juventus. The answer is interesting because it shows how often even many of us in the field are not on top of things. If in the first case the ball could have gone out and therefore the VAR could have intervened, in the second case the possible foul by Gatti was not a “VAR” case and should have been left to the judgement of the referee on the pitch. An answer that clarified a doubt of mine. Often – continued Giulini – the insiders and fans don’t know the rules perfectly and meaningless discussions arise, I think that the call VAR could be a good idea to increase the spectacle, we must work to improve in general, always. I also believe that a positive development could be to create real referee teams that last for the entire championship, given that sometimes there are communication gaps between referees and VAR staff."

BARELLA AT THE TOP – Finally, Giulini spoke about Nicolò Barella, the talent of Inter and the National team launched by his Cagliari: «Nicolò today is a complete midfielder, he can do everything in the middle of the pitch and he is now a formed player, a leader. The difference is this, compared to the other excellent Italian midfielders of the National team: there are guys of great quality and who work hard, but who still have to prove themselves. Barella is the present and the future of Italy and fortunately in Cagliari we know him well».

(Online Union)