Monza-Cagliari is not a final, nor a play-off as Davide Nicola insisted yesterday , but it is a direct clash that is fundamental to closing the first half of the season: last and third-last in the standings on the pitch, with Venezia having caught up with the rossoblù yesterday thanks to a draw with Empoli. And for the 12:30 match at the U-Power Stadium, Cagliari will be represented by Mattia Felici. The former Feralpisalò player, who has only had eight appearances so far during the match but has shown interesting qualities, is a starter for the first time in Serie A: he is the big surprise in the rossoblù eleven .
In goal there is Simone Scuffet, as anticipated yesterday by the coach. Barring any surprises, today will be his last with Cagliari before the transfer to Napoli , given that the loan swap with Elia Caprile is being finalized. In the three-quarter line, Nicolas Viola preferred the so far very disappointing Gianluca Gaetano. On the bench Leonardo Pavoletti, on whom yesterday Nicola had hypothesized a starting shirt, as well as Tommaso Augello. In the Brianza team on the bench are two of the former players, namely Andrea Carboni and Andrea Petagna (Alessio Cragno is injured), but also Milan Djurić and Daniel Maldini .
These are the official lineups for Monza-Cagliari, which will see 1,442 rossoblù fans in the away section . Kick-off at 12:30, referee Marco Di Bello from the Brindisi section . On unionesarda.it the live broadcast of the match, on Radiolina the live radio commentary by Lele Casini and following the post-match conducted by Luca Neri with all the comments.
Monza (3-4-2-1): Turati; Izzo, Caldirola, D'Ambrosio; Ciurria, Caprari; Dany Mota.
On the bench: Pizzignacco, Mazza, Akpa Akpro, Djurić, Maldini, Forson, Marić, Valoti, Petagna, Bianco, A. Carboni, Postiglione, Martins, Vignato.
Coach: Salvatore Bocchetti.
Cagliari (4-2-3-1): Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Obert; Makoumbou, Adopo; Zortea, Viola, Felici; Piccoli.
On the bench: Iliev, Sherri, Augello, Lapadula, Deiola, Prati, Marin, Wieteska, Palomino, Pavoletti, Azzi, Gaetano.
Coach: Davide Nicola.