Naples behind us, Verona in our sights. «It's an important match, very important, both for us and for them. Both of us are going through a good time." Claudio Ranieri doesn't hide and launches the challenge from the Unipol Domus press room ahead of Saturday's match at Bentegodi.

«Let's go there to play our game, aware of what we are doing», the premise of the Cagliari coach which goes beyond the league table and the recent non-football events involving the Gialloblù president: «Verona will not have any repercussions, I am convinced of this." Not only. "They are fine. You can see that since they changed the way they play, going from three to four defense, they are totally different. Djuric is their point of reference up front, they look for him constantly and when he is pressed, the attacking midfielder and the wingers come in."

The rossoblù away sickness? «We don't feel the pressure, but the awareness, if anything, that we are on the right path », underlines the Roman coach. "Sooner or later there will be a victory away from home too."

No timetable in the last three matches of the first round: «To the boys», Ranieri simply says, « I have always said that the ideal would be to score at eighteen , plus eighteen in the return even if thirty-six points might not be enough for salvation."

Pavoletti? «I compared him to Altafini because he scores as a substitute and perhaps he wanted to give me an answer by scoring as a starter». Petagna? "He works hard, he's a great professional and he knows that when he doesn't do well, criticism comes."

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