« We know we are facing a great team and the difficulties we will find on Saturday in Naples. They are the champions of Italy, after all. But we also know we can play it ."
Claudio Ranieri relaunches the challenge after the incredible success against Sassuolo, and precisely from last Monday's match against the neroverdi he finds the opportunity to refine certain aspects and further raise the bar: « I really didn't like the first fifteen minutes , and I I hope that the victory gives us the right awareness to understand our potential but also our gaps which can only be filled with participation, concentration and mental capacity".
The challenge against Napoli and also the challenge against former rossoblù coach Mazzarri . «I'm happy that he returned to the city where he did well. He deserved this chance and I think he is making the best use of it", underlines Ranieri during the press conference in the "Crai Sport Center" in Assemini. «He brought the team back to the game he knew best. Now they look for each other and find each other more easily, they smell each other. And the combinations can also happen at a thousand miles per hour."
Cagliari itself is identifying itself more and more with the turbot. «But I believe it is important not to be repetitive. You have to know how to put grains of sand in your opponent's gears and at the same time play your own game. And the guys are helping me a lot in this. They know how to interpret all the forms ."
Lapadula? «He is just back from nose surgery. Even today I had him train separately, then we will evaluate together with the doctor ." Can Pavoletti start from the first minute or is he destined to come on from the bench like Altafini? « Altafini also sometimes started from the first minute... ».