Cagliari goes into the second international break still bottom of the table, still without a win after facing a series of matches against top-level opponents. Claudio Ranieri, despite the new heavy defeat (1-4 against Roma), sees the light at the end of the tunnel: " The only thing I can say is that in the first eight we have met five great teams ", his message at the end competition. « Now our championship begins: we are the last to arrive in Serie A, in the 94th minute of the play-off. We are all united to try to get Cagliari back on its feet: we all have to give something more or we won't make it . We didn't win the Serie B championship by a landslide, first and foremost I have to try to encourage them." After the break there will be a triptych of direct clashes, which will start from Salernitana and Frosinone: «They are two very important matches, for us and for them, but I hope we don't see the gap we've seen so far».
The reaction
At the final whistle, the Curva Nord applauded the players, who stopped to listen to the fans' chants of encouragement. " The public understands, they are with us because they see that we never give up ," says Ranieri. «I said that some south-westerly winds would arrive: we are in full storm, but the crew is compact and this is very important . Then there are deficits that the big teams highlight." On the match: «We also started reasonably well, with a ball for Petagna, then it was our fault and Roma have an engine that never ends. When they started to run out of gas it was difficult for us."
