The victory against Juventus on Sunday was the icing on the cake for the Cagliari Primavera who, after winning the Coppa Italia , was able to celebrate three more important points in terms of the standings and the championship final . Despite a small turnover proposed by coach Fabio Pisacane , the team responded present and demonstrated, once again, how the strength of the rossoblù is precisely that of being a great group. A success, that of Sunday, which brings the Cagliari Under-20 to -4 from sixth place (i.e. from the playoff zone) following the postponements of the sixth-last day.
"It's banal at the youth level to talk about turnover," Pisacane said. "They are all guys on the same level, then for characteristics and game it's normal to choose one player or another. Today this team has understood what the coach wants. The choice of Auseklis as starter? He's growing, he already had a great race in Genoa. It's thanks to Berretta and Squizzi if he's performing at these levels today".
But the coach of the islanders said he was proud not only of the various individuals, but of the entire work put into practice by the entire team: «I congratulate the boys because it wasn't easy. I'm proud of them because they did something extraordinary. It's not just the result, but I think the best thing is that they've grown a lot, so I'm really proud of them and as I've said many times, winning is difficult, remaining humble is even more so. Today I had a great response in this respect, but I had no doubts. Since we joined together with the staff we have tried to put a winning mentality and those who want to build successes cannot be the occasional tourist with victories, but must always hit the hammer hard especially when there is a chance of beating it». Given the excellent results that his team is obtaining, it was impossible not to touch on the playoff topic, on which Pisacane stressed that he wants to keep his feet on the ground: «Today we achieved the first objective: salvation. I go step by step. I, like the boys, like facts. The wind carries away the chatter. Let's move forward, then we'll draw the line and see where we've arrived. I asked the guys to go at 300 miles an hour, so as not to have any remorse or regrets."
But what is more complicated to manage, in a group of young people, after winning a trophy, the mental aspect or the tactics and the schemes? "I think the mental aspect is the most difficult part, the boys had the day after the Coppa Italia final free and it is normal that we had only a few days to prepare for it. As I said in the press conference, we prepared for the challenge against Juve as always, knowing the difficulties that a team that also felt angry with us because we had stolen something important from them presented us. I congratulate them because they showed what a great club they are with the pasillo de honor reserved for us", concluded Pisacane .