The injuries, Ranieri, but also the disputed playing times. The Udinese coach, Andrea Sottil , ranges across multiple fronts on the eve of the match against Cagliari, scheduled for tomorrow at lunchtime.

«The break went well», explains the Juventus coach. «We are training at high intensity and injury is part of our job, here we work seriously and with quality. Everything we had to do in terms of preparing the players who arrived, even at the last minute like Davis. Unfortunately, the injury cannot be controlled, it is part of the history of high intensity training and of a team that plays football, we will do with what we have."

Then a comment on his rossoblù colleague: « Ranieri is a pragmatic coach , with clear concepts, he knows how to get a lot out of his players, his career speaks for him . I have good memories of the coach," said Sottil. «A frank, direct person. He took an unlaunched Cagliari last year to win Serie B, trained it and gave it its identity as he does with the teams he coaches. He won the championship by fighting until the last second against Bari. This year too", he continues, "he has left his mark: the category is different now, but I expect a tough match , where we will have to win duels, run a lot it is good".

But not only that, the coach returned to the most discussed topic, that relating to game times: « The only thing that I regret is that the match is played in Sardinia in September at 12.30 . A little attention would be needed, 40 degrees are waiting for us, it's not an excuse, but at 12.30 now maybe you're playing in Piedmont or Friuli where it's 25 degrees."

Then the closing: « Tomorrow we want to find a great result, yes: I'm only thinking about improving the players and the game».

(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)

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