Davide Nicola changed the formation again, to 4-4-2, and got answers. Winning without conceding a goal , something that had only happened in the Italian Cup until tonight: « Winning pleases everyone, because you capitalize on the previous steps », his satisfaction. «It was important to have continuity of results and performance, you can't always win but today's performance particularly satisfies me because we knew we were facing a very motivated team. I believe that in numbers Cagliari has amply demonstrated that they are worth the victory and it was thanks to those who maybe don't always play, but who we never forget . There is great moral quality in our squad: we are moving forward, we haven't done anything special and there is still a lot to do».

Nicola surprisingly chose Gianluca Lapadula from the start. "We wanted to put him in when there was an opportunity," the coach explained. " The idea was to use a double midfielder and try to find more space in attack, to serve more balls . In the first twenty minutes we had interesting solutions, but for the whole match we looked for the same score."

Roberto Piccoli was the one who decided: «He is not a man of providence, he is a player who is creating numbers», says Nicola about the striker. «He doesn't just think about goals, but about the good and the work he does for the team. He has played almost every minute so far and I have to think about not risking him too much, I would have taken him off even if he hadn't scored». So much so that Piccoli himself accepted the change: « When he left he told me he was dead , he is among the top players in terms of minutes and every now and then you have to find a way to let him rest. I'm happy because he scored, he is improving and can potentially do even more. We mustn't raise the bar more than necessary».

In closing, a joke by Nicola on the substitution of Mattia Felici: «He had already entered in other games, he came from another context and had a leap in quality in terms of responsibility. Cagliari strongly believed in his qualities and he is a player to discover with significant margins for growth, he must continue to work like this ».

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