Palermo in the viewfinder. "I'm competitive, I always want to win even in friendly matches, let alone in the Italian Cup." Two days before the first official match of the season, Claudio Ranieri launches the challenge. «I know that not everyone is at their best», the Cagliari coach is keen to point out, «but I want them all to give their best». Watch out for the rosaneros. «A team built to climb. Behind it is a super power, let's get ready to see it in the first places in a few months. Like us, then, he wants to pass the shift ».

Saturday at 21.15, therefore, the debut in the Italian Cup at the Unipol Domus, nine days later in Turin in the league. The rossoblù market, however, is not closed yet, there is time, after all, until September 1st. "Well, I really don't understand this. Since the accounts are done right at the end, why not end it close to the first of the Coppa Italia? Instead, the season begins with someone who can still leave or has to arrive. I find this inexplicable."

By the way, Prati? «A young man who stood out in Spal. If we have put him in our sights it is because we think he can help us out. And in fact there are several teams behind it».

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