Now it's official: Fabio Pisacane is the new coach of Cagliari. The announcement was made by the rossoblù club, with the press release in which it provides the first information on the appointment of Davide Nicola's successor . «Cagliari Calcio is pleased to announce that it has entrusted the technical management of the first team to Fabio Pisacane: the coach has signed a contract that binds him to the rossoblù Club until 30 June 2026 with automatic renewal for a further season if certain sporting conditions occur».
The internal solution prevailed: Pisacane was “promoted” from the Primavera, with whom he won the Coppa Italia in the category last April 9th by beating Milan 0-3 in the final at the Arena Civica . Now his debut in Serie A and in the first team, even though he had already led the rossoblù once before: on December 26th 2022, in Serie B, in the 2-0 against Cosenza on the occasion of the transfer from Fabio Liverani to Claudio Ranieri.
Pisacane beat the competition of Paolo Vanoli, who was the other major candidate to replace Nicola . In a month the meeting, then from 13 to 22 July the retreat in Ponte di Legno in the province of Brescia . Official debut on 16-17 August in the Italian Cup against the winner of Avellino-Audace Cerignola, a week later the first day of Serie A always at home with Fiorentina .