It was May 22, in Venice Cagliari managed not to beat an already relegated team and not to score a goal to a team that had continually conceded goals for twenty-six games. It was May 22, the day in which the rossoblù greeted Serie A. A month later, or a little more, a massacre has already been made in that Cagliari . No surprise, after all, the director of Capozucca, in the conference-mea culpa a couple of weeks later, it was clear: "We must change as much as possible."

All out

And moving from words to deeds, this time, was easy and short. Because of the formation sent to the “Penzo” by Alessandro Agostini, a month or so later, only a few remain. That afternoon Cagliari presented Cragno in goal, Altare, Ceppitelli and Carboni in defense, Bellanova, Nandez, Grassi, Deiola and Lykogiannis in midfield and the couple Joao Pedro-Pavoletti in front. The "out of everything" operation of these days, where we thought above all about the sales giving only a sgaurdo to what the market offers, has already led to the greetings of Ceppitelli and Lykogiannis, who will be officially released from Thursday 30 , while Grassi is already returned to Parma for the end of the loan. Ex or almost - anxiously awaiting the official status of their respective sales - are Cragno, Carboni, Bellanova and Joao Pedro , but Nandez is also parked in the "departures" sector waiting to find accommodation.

A similar speech for the substitutes during that damned Sunday: Marin - Empoli direction - is saying goodbye , Keita Baldé on June 30 will trigger the termination clause precisely because of the relegation, Lovato has returned to Atalanta , Rog could be sold on loan , with the hope of finding him again, in a year and in Serie A, while Pereiro hopes to change the air , however, a prisoner of an unsustainable contract.

Without forgetting the returns to the base of Strootman and Dalbert and the end of the contract of Ceter and Baselli , but also the money collected by Empoli, Verona, Brugge and Spal for the redemptions of Vicario, Simeone, Miangue and Tripaldelli.

Mission possible

«We cannot start with 25 new players>, the rossoblù ds explained, <but I told the president that I would be left alone by changing as much as possible. Even if some players won't be easy to sell them>. Instead, the rossoblù sports director is managing to hit its mission, that of selling (in some cases even selling off) as much as possible, and then triggering the re-foundation.

The Cagliari to come

A re-foundation started with the change of bench, where Fabio Liverani will sit, chosen after a long elimination run. And the new coach is thinking of a Cagliari that will also turn the page tactically. Farewell to 3-5-2, back to the back four, with a module that can be, depending on the interpreters, a 4-3-1-2 or a 4-3-3 . To date, the rossoblùs would play with Radunovic in goal, Zappa, Altare, Goldaniga (or the alternative Obert) and a fourth box still to be occupied in defense. In midfield, for now there is only Deiola, who should be the new captain, except for overturns (after all, Capozucca threw his balance on Carboni: "I would keep him for life ..."), while in front of Pavoletti she is the only first tip, with Pereiro (or Luvumbo) on the left and Tramoni on the right. As if to say that the work to build the new Cagliari has just begun.

Alberto Masu

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