It's the eve of Cagliari-Napoli and Davide Nicola has the whole team available except for Matteo Prati , still struggling with the blow to his ankle suffered in Lecce two weeks ago. Compared to the first three matchdays and the Coppa Italia, however, he has one more protagonist, the returning Gianluca Gaetano , who can immediately debut against his past: «Let's see how much playing time he has, he can either start or come on during the match », the coach's words on the great ex of tomorrow. «His return gives us special characteristics, he is very motivated and I am confident». As he is with the whole group: « The more days pass by, the more I fall in love with this team , for how they carry on with the work they are doing. This makes me think that the growth points are high».

A challenge, tomorrow at 6 pm, that will put the rossoblù in front of a big team. «We know that it is very felt here, but I would like every match to be special. We will have to do a great team work in all areas of the pitch, recording the gifts we make in certain moments». With a particular characteristic to improve: « Staying focused on set pieces, you have to be more careful there. We would need to find a word in Sardinian that indicates “cazzimma” ». In Lecce, Cagliari left without points, but Nicola is not particularly worried: «We certainly didn't like not taking any, but given what we created it is unlikely that it will happen many more times in the long term. I am happy with how the boys are responding, because they like the game proposals».

The market . After what was already said by sports director Nereo Bonato midweek, Nicola also appreciates the total of purchases and sales: « We did what we had to do. There were parameters such as the infamous liquidity index. Nández and Dossena left, who knew the place and had their qualities, replaced by Luperto and Zortea who we have not yet managed to exploit due to the little problem he had. And we have young players with a lot of potential numbers who need to prove themselves: look at Kingstone, he will be the surprise ». On yesterday's compliments from Antonio Conte: « Underrated or not, I don't care, I hope to prove him right and put him in difficulty ».

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