A direct clash where points are worth double and the desire to interrupt the away taboo. The match in Bari could be a turning point in Cagliari's season and Claudio Ranieri knows it: «It will be a great match, against the team that has scored the most goals at home. In the first leg they beat us 1-0, just as Venice won immediately afterwards: they will be two tremendous matches, we prepared well and, as I always say, may the best man win».

No indication on the choices of the starting formation: «Mancosu is recovered, he is available like Rog, both could be available from the first minute, like Kourfalidis. In defense, we hope not to feel too much the absence of Altare, an important player for us, while up front it is right that Lapadula puts the team on his shoulders. Preelec? He is growing, he or others can be a solution ».

Attention to Cheddira, but not only: «We will have to be compact, tight, but Bari is not only Cheddira, there are excellent players and we will have to be concentrated in every moment of the match».

Finally, a thought dedicated to his former player Jankto, author of a coming out in recent days: «A golden boy, a great player and an artist, because he paints very well. I really appreciated what he did, if there were others like this in our football environment, to make it clear that we are all a family".