Coach Mazzarri hopes that someone is negativising and that no one else is positive
CAGLIARI. Cagliari struggling with the battle of the pads to find out which formation to field tomorrow 23 January at Unipol Domus with Fiorentina. It is the usual decisive game for salvation, but Mazzarri must first play the elimination match with Covid. Between the hope that someone may become negativized (Bellanova, for example, is now in place and should be available) and the fear that others will test positive. In this more health than sporting situation, there is almost a certainty: except for miracles Nandez will not be on the pitch against the Viola. The Uruguayan player, among other things at the center of market negotiations, trained separately and was still suffering from a blow he had remedied in the Italian Cup against Sassuolo. Technical and medical staff will do an evaluation between tonight and tomorrow morning, but the hopes are really reduced to a minimum.
At this point the formation also becomes difficult to hypothesize. Above all because, even in the event of a possible recovery in extremis of the “first” positives Grassi, Lovato and Aresti, the state of form should be taken into account. On the other hand, the return of the last four stopped by Covid, Cragno, Deiola, Lykogiannis and Cavuoti, is impossible. Right now, Mazzarri can only hope for Ceppitelli’s return alongside Altare and Goldaniga. A move that would allow Obert to be hijacked on the left wing and use Dalbert in the middle alongside Ladinetti and Marin or Oliva (who has also recently returned). The prices of Kourfalidis also rise: for the Greek spring possible debut in Serie A.
On the right wing there will be Zappa with the possibility of using Bellanova perhaps in the final. Ahead, with the disqualification of Pavoletti, it will be an all-South American attack with Pereiro and Joao Pedro. Many question marks for Mazzarri: perhaps this is also why the scheduled press conference at the end of the morning was skipped. The picture of the situation will perhaps be clearer only tomorrow morning, two or three hours before the match against Fiorentina. (HANDLE).