The first Greek, the second Polish. Pantelis Hatzidiakos and Mateusz Wieteska have something in common - in addition to being able to speak English well, being born in 1997 and playing in defense - they have had Cagliari for a few weeks. They represent that experience that Claudio Ranieri had been clamoring for since the first day of his retreat in Val d'Aosta. «This is a great opportunity in Serie A», the two new rossoblùs repeat in chorus in the presentation conference (post debut) in the press room of the Unipol Domus. The coach didn't hesitate for a moment to deploy them and the response was excellent.

For both, the advice of former Cagliari players was decisive. That of Lykogiannis for Hatzidiakos and that of Walukiewicz for Wieteska. «I made this choice because it is an important place with a top ten fan base. Then there's Ranieri, and there's no need to add anything else", underlined the Greek. «I like Italian football, it's very direct. Here you have to defend a lot", the Pole was keen to point out. «Compared to the French championship I didn't find many differences, both in the way of defending and attacking. However, I found much more quality in the players."