Against an Atalanta that plays at a dizzying pace, the perfect match will be needed. The rossoblù want to stop the series no
CAGLIARI. It will also be a cliché, but today Cagliari will need the perfect match to bring home points against Atalanta. The opponent on duty is a team that made Manchester United tremble, saved in the recovery by the timeless Ronaldo, has perfect play mechanisms, comparable to high-precision systems. But it also has flaws and a defensive phase that doesn’t always work well. If the reflection stops at the standings, the final result is a foregone conclusion. But the rossoblù to get out of the quagmire know that from now on they will have to fight with the knife between their teeth and the scimitar in their hands. Spending even the last grain of energy on the field. Playing with courage, without being influenced by those in front of you, must become a rule. Mazzarri has sounded the charge but will still have to deal with absences. We will see on the field if the four days of retreat have served to compact the group and focus on a race that becomes a watershed before the last stop of the year.
Choices. The initial form could be 4-4-2, with a ballot on the right between Zappa and Bellanova in defense. In midfield they compete for a Deiola and Grassi jersey (with the first favorite), while in attack the confirmation of the pair Joao Pedro-Pavoletti is obvious, since Keita is still stationary (yesterday he was discharged from the hospital and greeted his teammates in Assemini, he will be available again after the stop). The Cagliari coach does not have many alternatives, considering that Caceres is suspended, Walukiewicz injured, while on Ceppitelli he will decide only today if he can go on the bench. We will have to grit our teeth, give over one hundred percent. Balance will be needed in the two phases of the game and knowing how to adapt to the rhythms that the Goddess will propose. The Bergamo players always attack with many men, but they go into difficulty if they find a team that restarts in speed and puts quality in the dribble. Precisely what the Quattro Mori missed in the away match in Bologna.
The opponents. The efforts of the Champions League could have influenced. Gasperini is thinking of some changes. Zapata or Muriel forward, Pasalic and Ilicic behind the reference point. Even the Goddess has many injuries (Gosens, Toloi, Hateboer) but in Sardinia today there will also be Pessina. It will start from the bench.
Statistics. Atalanta have won the last three Serie A games played against Cagliari, but have never reached four successes in a row. Among the teams in the current championship, the Goddess is the one who hasn’t lost away in the longest time: 11 games, with eight wins and three draws. This is the worst start in his career as a Serie A coach for Walter Mazzarri: the Tuscan coach had never collected five defeats in the first eight benches. Excluding penalties, Atalanta is the only team that has not yet scored a goal on the development of an inactive ball.
The referee. Piccinini from Forlì will whistle today at the “Unipol Domus”. Four Serie A matches and one of the Italian Cup for a balance of three defeats, a victory and a draw with the Rossoblu. Piccinini is an amulet, however, for Atalanta. Four directions, as many victories. Cagliari hopes that their first defeat will come today.
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