"Cagliari is a team that has regained energy and physical vitality combined with a good balance. I don't know if it will be a blocked game but I am sure they will be aggressive and will find an equally aggressive Udinese: they will have bread for their teeth."

Word of Gabriele Cioffi on the eve of the match between Udinese and Cagliari, scheduled for Sunday at the Dacia Arena.

"I am very satisfied with these two weeks of rest for the national teams - added the Friulian coach -. The team has worked very well both from a technical-tactical and physical point of view".

As for the absences, we need a substitute for the suspended Pablo Marì: "What we tell each other every day is that we don't have eleven starting players. We are a group full of resources and, if one element is missing, another plays and I don't flinch. owners who replace the owners will do well and have motivations. This is the case of Bram Nuytinck who will do well and, as always said, is a very important player on and off the pitch. "

The opponents arrive in Friuli with some Covid problems: "I am not looking for alibis for my team and I do not find them for others - Cioffi observes -. We are not the best suited to talk about Covid cases, we have already given abundantly in this respect . As for the first leg, it is the past and must be forgotten quickly. We expect a team eager to do well and collect points. " With Cagliari it is the first match of an April that promises to be a tour de force: six matches with recoveries and many direct clashes, but Cioffi thinks one match at a time.

"We expect an important performance tomorrow. The day after tomorrow and still ahead they are too far away. We want to be focused at 150%, because 110% is not enough, on the here and now".

(Unioneonline / lf)

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