Claudio Ranieri immediately puts his hands forward, and before the press conference begins in Asseminello and the journalists begin with the questions, he is keen to clarify: «I speak to all those who have Cagliari in their hearts. When I arrived in January, I asked everyone for help and support to bring Cagliari back to Serie A and I had everyone's availability. There was a union of intent and, little by little, we conquered a dream and we all returned to Serie A together."
The premise for the new appeal of the Roman coach. «Now we are last, it's true, but with only one point from safety. We have never won, it's true, just like Udinese and Salernitana who are suffering like us. However, I would like to point out that we played with the two Milanese teams, with Atalanta, with Torino. I would also like to remember the recent false starts of teams like Empoli, Lecce and Monza and the second round they then made." In short: «There is time to recover. Let's not be defeatists, though. We all have to push."
Ranieri leaves Florence again and relaunches the challenge. «With Milan we gave a great performance, seasoned, however, with some naivety. And in Serie A, as we have seen, you pay for them." By the way: «Against Fiorentina Radunovic will be the goalkeeper. Scuffet must be ready, but I still give the starting shirt to Radunovic."
The unavailable situation? «Pereiro is back, but he has to bring out his skills, his character. Jankto and Mancosu are still not well. Luvumbo is also very tired, he has done a lot of kilometers in these two games."
