The official has arrived. The new Cagliari coach is Alessandro Agostini , the former Primavera coach is already in Asseminello to direct the resumption of training in view of Sunday's match in Salerno, a match that is worth a season.

A real red and blue flag , Agostini with Cagliari made 298 appearances in 9 seasons as a footballer, and then began his career as a coach in the youth teams of the same club.

"During the 2017-18 season - reads the company's press release - he joined the technical staff of the first team, transmitting his knowledge, his attachment to Cagliari to the group, and thus making his contribution to achieving salvation ".

Then the Primavera, which this year led to the conquest of the playoffs with four days to spare.

A real nostalgia operation that of Giulini to obtain the much desired salvation. Agostini, almost 43 years old, will make use of two other symbolic figures of Cagliari, inside the club. Daniele Conti , who is already the technical coordinator of the Primavera with 16 years as a Rossoblù player behind him, and Andrea Cossu , coordinator of the scouting area, also a historic player of Cagliari where he played for nine years. Both will work closely with the staff and the team.

The assistant coach is Michele Filippi , technical collaborator Alberto Piras . Confirmed goalkeeper coach Walter Bressan and athletic trainers Mauro Baldus and Francesco Fois.

THE BENSERVITO TO MAZZARRI - Yesterday the club had given the welcome to Walter Mazzarri with a meager two-line statement, without even thanking him for the work done , a ritual formula that is always used in these cases: " Cagliari Calcio announces that it has raised Walter Mazzarri from his position as first team coach ”. A signal that something must not have gone the right way in the last few weeks, not only on a technical level and in terms of results.

The Tuscan coach, who took over from Leonardo Semplici after just three days, was torpedoed three days from the end of the championship after the 2-1 defeat against Verona , the seventh in the last eight games that has sent the rossoblùs back into their nightmare. relegation.

A relationship that never took off . A disastrous first round: only 10 points, one victory and the penultimate team in the standings. Then the summer market, the purges of Caceres and Godin and the first encouraging results: 15 points in eight games that made the Sardinians get back on their feet, giving the vain illusion of a peaceful salvation. Then the new collapse, seven defeats interspersed with a 1-0 victory against Sassuolo. A Cagliari that, with some isolated exceptions, has never really convinced and has also collected humiliating results: in all the matches against Udinese , 0-4 in the first leg at the Domus, 1-5 in the return. And an average of 0.84 points per game.

AND NOW? - Agostini is not called to a sporting miracle like his colleague Davide Nicola della Salernitana, who brought the Campanians back to the race by catching them in a desperate situation. He must try to give courage and confidence to the group. And results. There is no time for the game, there are just three games left in which only winning counts.

Yesterday a goal in the final by Pasalic averted the victory in Bergamo of Salernitana, which thus rose to 26 points, two less than the fourth-last Cagliari but with a game to be recovered on Thursday at home against Venice. At 25 points there is Genoa, Venice closes the standings at 22. It is difficult for Spezia and Sampdoria to return, almost safe at 33 points.

Sunday is the match that can be worth an entire season: Salernitana-Cagliari . Then the rossoblù host Inter at the Domus while Salernitana goes to Empoli. On the last day Cagliari busy in Venice, while Salernitana hosts Udinese.

(Unioneonline / L)

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