Last Sunday the break after the unfortunate away match against Roma, Wednesday afternoon the resumption of training . But at the Crai Sport Center in Assemini, Cagliari will gather again without six internationals: Velizar-Ilia Iliev, Răzvan Marin, Yerry Mina, Adam Obert, Matteo Prati and Alen Sherri . These are the players called up for the break at the end of March, the last of the championship, and who will return in some cases only close to the resumption of Serie A, with the (very delicate) match at home against Monza scheduled for Sunday at 12:30.
The first to take the field (if he were to be deployed) will be goalkeeper Iliev, fresh from his first professional contract with Cagliari signed last week . Called up by the Bulgarian Under-21s , he will be involved in two friendlies: Thursday at 4pm in Cyprus, then Tuesday 25th at home against Greece. On the same day, the other youth international, Matteo Prati, with the Italy Under-21s . For the Azzurrini, it's a double friendly test in view of the European Championships for the category, which will be played in Slovakia in June. This Friday, Italy will host the Netherlands in Venice, while next Monday they will travel to Cittadella to challenge Denmark. Both matches are scheduled for 6.15pm. For Prati, it's an opportunity to get some more minutes in his legs, after returning to the field from the start in Rome, something that had never happened to him in 2025.
Intercontinental trip only for Mina, who will also be the last rossoblù to return. The defender responded to the call-up from Colombia , who are looking for points to secure qualification for the 2026 World Cup. The Cafeteros , with six days to go, are third on equal points with Ecuador at 19, +6 on Bolivia who would make the play-offs and +7 on Venezuela before the eliminated teams. Mina will play away against Brazil, at 1.45 in the Italian night between Thursday and Friday, and at home in Barranquilla against Paraguay at 1 in the morning between Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25, in the last match in chronological order for the Cagliari players of this break.
Italy will play in the Nations League, as will Obert's Slovakia , who has a play-off between League B and League C against Slovenia: the first leg will be at home on Thursday at 8:45 p.m., the second leg will be away on Sunday at 6 p.m. In the World Cup qualifiers, the European groups will begin during this break: Marin with Romania will challenge Bosnia at home and San Marino away, Sherri with Albania will face England at Wembley and Andorra in Tirana. For these last rossoblù, the schedules will be identical, with the first match on Friday at 8:45 p.m. and the second on Monday at the same time. And again on Friday, Cagliari will face Macomerese in a friendly at 3 p.m., currently twelfth in Group B of Promotion .