The future? "For now, let's finish the season. I'm in constant dialogue with the club. My connection with Cagliari goes beyond a contract. First we play, and then I'll talk to the club."

Fabio Pisacane (whose one-year contract extension automatically kicked in if the club stays up) is focused on tomorrow night's match against AC Milan at San Siro and isn't looking beyond that. "I've always put Cagliari above everything else," the Neapolitan coach emphasizes once again. "Milan is on my mind right now, I want to play a strong game, to impress. To make our people proud." And president Giulini himself, who put his face forward in unsuspecting times, adds: "I have to thank him; he saw something in me that a few years ago I didn't even know I had. And gratitude is important in life."

On the match against the Rossoneri: "We must do everything we can to try to get a positive result. We must honor the jersey and the city we represent." Folorunsho, injured, will be missing, along with Idrissi and Pavoletti. Kiliçsoy will also be missing, having already returned to Turkey. And regarding the Besiktas striker, Pisacane is keen to point out: "Everything we've done was aimed at putting the team before the individual. I hope Semih understands he could have given more and can take the positives from this experience. To reach certain levels, talent alone isn't enough."

Felici, five months after tearing his cruciate ligament, will be among the players called up for the final match of the year at the Meazza. "He'll be part of the squad, and if the conditions are right," the Cagliari coach revealed, "I'd like to play him, even if it's just for sixty seconds."