Decisive match today April 24 for the salvation at home of a desperate Genoa. Doubts in attack and defense for mister Mazzarri
CAGLIARI. “We go to Genoa to win”. So Claudio Bellucci in yesterday’s press conference. The Cagliari assistant coach replaced coach Walter Mazzarri with Joao Pedro who, struck by the disappearance of his mother, preferred to forgo the meeting with journalists. There is a team that, however, huddles around its coach and is ready to do battle in the beautiful Marassi stadium. Cagliari really has the opportunity, with a positive result, to get closer to salvation and take away the hopes of Genoa, back from three consecutive defeats and in involution after a good start on the bench by the German Blessin.
The choices of Cagliari. Once again the line-up and squad of Cagliari remain top-secret. «I remain in line with what Mazzarri is doing – said Bellucci -. The training we will let you know before the start. But we are ready, at the maximum concentration to try to get the three points ». Following what Mazzarri has done so far, the confirmation of the starting eleven of the other Saturday against Sassuolo is likely. The question mark remains as to who will take the place of the suspended Lovato as central defense. At the moment the favorite seems to be Ceppitelli, the most experienced of the returning players, because Goldaniga trained in the group only yesterday and because it is probable that the coach is not yet ready to launch Walukiewicz.
Returns. Speaking of training on Saturday, good news has arrived from Asseminello. In fact, Nandez, Obert and even Strootman, who had gone off the radar since time immemorial, also trained in a group with Goldaniga. “Important recoveries for everyone – says Joao Pedro – because they also allow you to raise the bar of commitment in training, given the value of these players.” Joao added little else, for sure «I can’t wait – he confessed – to play. We will have fun, do not forget that it is only football, but we will try to move the ranking to face the last 4 games with even greater confidence ».
The match. It will certainly be a very hard fight. A drop in temperatures and abundant rains are announced in Genoa. But it must be sworn that it will be hot on the pitch. The Grifone, six points below, is practically at the last resort, and after the match against Cagliari he is awaited by the complicated derby with Sampdoria. Scoring points for Sturaro, recovered, and companions becomes mandatory. It is up to Cagliari to keep their nerve and fight back, above all to present themselves at maximum concentration and avoid empty passages and distractions as happened in the away matches on the fields of Spezia and Udinese. Against Sassuolo we saw a recovery in Cagliari, thanks to a finally organic midfield with Marin in great shape, Grassi ordered and Deiola always ready for insertions. Forward, Keita’s confirmation next to Jp10 seems obvious. But go and understand now what Mazzarri is studying …