Cagliari back from the home win against Ternana and already on the pitch today for training ahead of the match in Perugia on Friday. Meanwhile, here's who goes up and who goes down in the team led by Claudio Ranieri.

Who goes up: Alessandro Deiola

The goal after just four minutes is a slap to fate and to the injury which, between surgery and rehabilitation, had forced him to stay out for three months. Alessandro Deiola took Cagliari back with rage, competitive fury, spirit of self-sacrifice, to the point of becoming essential for Ranieri as well. Decisive as a midfielder, then fundamental as a pivot of the defense already at the end of the first half, then again throughout the second half, thus becoming the symbol together with Luvumbo of the revolution that allowed us to shake up a game that was taking a bad turn. A role of great responsibility in a moment of confusion, the choice of coach was not accidental. The midfielder (who remains so) has tidied up the backlog giving him balance and serenity in the three-way pass. In short, inside the match at 360 degrees.

Who goes down: Alessandro Di Pardo

He hasn't been the same since the injury. Fragile and unfriendly in coverage, unloaded and not very incisive in the thrust phase. The incredible metamorphosis of Alessandro Di Pardo, among the few to save face in the first round with Liverani on the bench, even ending up in the sights of Atalanta, in obvious difficulty since he returned to the technical staff's disposal. On Ternana's equalizing goal he didn't make the right movement, favoring Partilipo's insertion, but in general the approach to the match was frenetic, sometimes disorganized. As if he were still looking for automatisms, as well as an ideal athletic condition (which a role like his cannot ignore). Thus he did not take advantage of the chance Ranieri gave him, who after having freed his place by moving Zappa to the left, already replaced him in the interval to give more balance and credibility to the three-man defence.

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