«I do this work for the emotions. Today the enthusiasm of the people had to be repaid, we had to give everything for 90 minutes and then we would have looked at the result».

Cagliari-Como finished 2-0 and Claudio Ranieri , making his debut on the rossoblù bench, can say: «I'm moderately satisfied, it's the first game on our journey, we'll definitely start with a win, earn something in the standings, it gives you optimism and awareness to continue working.

After the match, the coach, called to replace Fabio Liverani before Christmas, explained: «When there is a change of coach there is always a surplus of enthusiasm, everyone wants to show off. Cagliari started to win the championship, but it's never easy. Even when I arrived here in 1988 we had to go back but it wasn't easy: now it was important to immerse ourselves in the mentality of Serie B, maybe make mistakes but give everything and then analyze on Monday what would not have worked».

THE ANALYSIS - Then the analysis of the match, won thanks to goals from Pavoletti and new signing Azzi: «We knew that the match would present pitfalls, in the first half Como pushed deep balls, also for this reason we played mirror. I don't think there is only one winning system, but we need to put players at ease according to the theme of the match and to use our strength. Today the two teams that have the highest number of goals created in the championship challenged each other, Fabio Liverani had set up a game proposal tactic on which I was able to work in these days. The wind didn't help the trajectories and made them dirty, the race wasn't easy but we interpreted it well and it's important to start with such a victory».

AZZI – Words of praise, of course, for Azzi, who immediately left his mark: «Azzi – said Ranieri – has a great leg, I knew his characteristics and I asked him to push, then when he couldn't make it I would have replaced it. He's a natural right footer, the wind certainly helped him with the goal, and in general he gave us a good contribution from that side. But everyone has really provided the necessary attitude, I found great availability from the boys: I didn't want to put pressure of any kind, today I wanted to see the commitment, the ability to show learning».

THE GROUP – As for the other men who took to the field, Ranieri explained: «Nobody has two forwards like ours, why not take advantage of them? They have to sacrifice and today they did well. I hugged Pavoletti as he left the pitch because he worked so hard despite his sore ankle, I wouldn't have wanted to remove him because of his importance in set pieces, but it went well. Dossena? We had to keep Cerri at bay and we organized ourselves well with the three centre-backs, Makoumbou had the task of filtering and playing with two touches to relaunch the action after the reconquest».

In short, concluded the coach, «I want a team that always helps each other and this was also seen on the occasion of the chance for Cerri on our wrong disengagement».

(Unioneonline/lf)

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