"We're not feeling sorry for ourselves, but looking for solutions." Fabio Pisacane flexes his muscles in the emergency ahead of tomorrow night's match at the Tardini against Parma .

"In certain cases, we have to be ugly, dirty, and mean, if necessary": this is how the coach dictated the line to Cagliari in the pre-match press conference, immediately after the final training session that confirmed what he already knew: " We have Folorunsho back , but Mazzitelli is out due to injury and Mina due to suspension. Everything else is the same as against Lazio."

And the second half of the match against the Biancocelesti, thanks to Mazzitelli's exit, could be a benchmark for tomorrow as well, with the Adopo-Sulemana midfield duo, but there's more. "It's a possible game plan, of course, but it's not the only one," the Neapolitan coach himself is keen to point out, as he will once again have to make a virtue of necessity in midfield. " Liteta is a solution, for example, from the start or during the match." What can the twenty-year-old Zambian player contribute? "With him, we've accelerated the process, between his debut in Verona and even the match at the Juventus Stadium. But he doesn't suffer from the environment; he's happy. He's incredibly hungry; he wants to turn his destiny, his life, around."

Uruguayan Rodriguez , a candidate to replace Mina in defense, has the same hunger. "Juanchi has a great personality, a contagious enthusiasm, and he knows full well that the future is on his side," the coach recalls. "He's desperate to show off, he can't wait to play. And if he does so tomorrow against Parma, I'm sure he'll have his say in both leadership and quality."

Meanwhile, Folorunsho is back on the bench, and this isn't just any return, Pisacane clearly implies. "He was out for two months, so he's not fit to start a game," he said. "But he can give us a big hand during the game. He's that extra weapon we've been missing, allowing us to attack the depth with more men."

Keep an eye on Parma, despite the three straight wins Cuesta's side has come into tomorrow's match against Cagliari. "They already showed us in the first leg what they're made of and what their weapons are, so we'll have to raise our level of concentration."

Parma-Cagliari is theoretically a relegation battle, but Pisacane goes further: "There's no point looking at the others; we have to focus on ourselves and think about moving up the table." No tables, in short. "I didn't do them as a player, let alone now as a coach," he's almost keen to point out. "I prefer," Pisacane concludes, "to think short-term, game by game. This team must understand psychologically that it depends solely on us. And every game from now on isn't a match point, but it can bring us closer to our goal."

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