Cragno returns against Torino, Keita preferred to Pavoletti
CAGLIARI. The further you go, the tougher the going. Cagliari knows this and for this reason they do not want to leave out even the smallest detail to get out of the quicksand. The rossoblù have been in “seclusion” in Assemini since Saturday evening. A choice made by the team in harmony with the club. The confirmation of the group’s mad desire to return to victory and close the first round with as many points as possible in the safe. Tonight’s match against Turin is another watershed. A complicated match, against an opponent playing aggressive football, man against man across the board. And it could not have been otherwise as Juric was a student of Gasperini. The grenades don’t have the same intensity as Atalanta, but they try to imitate the Goddess in many things. Starting from the very high pressing. Cagliari have not won since October 17 (3-1 at Sampdoria), occupy the penultimate step of the standings, have returned from three draws in a row and now hope to give their fans a nice Christmas, they start with today’s match.
Choices. Meanwhile, Godin returns who has disposed of the injury. The Uruguayan defender will start from the bench. The latest performances by Ceppitelli and Carboni have convinced the coach that they are the central pair at the moment. Compared to the equal of Verona, Cragno (who became a father for the second time) is back among the goalposts. Radunovic, who at the “Bentegodi” made a good impression, is back in the ranks, while Marin will team up with Nandez in the middle of the field. He should stay out fat, with Dalbert and Bellanova being the outsiders. In attack, the untouchable is Joao Pedro (he could be called up by the blue coach Roberto Mancini for the January stage), the other jersey is competing for Keita and Pavoletti, with the Senegalese who seems to have the advantage. In practice they will play almost the same as last Tuesday, but Walter Mazzarri will have a few more options from the bench. The continuous emergency is not overlooked.
The bull. Singo is disqualified. Verdi and Belotti injured. Juric will side with 3-3-2-1. The reference point in attack will be Sanabria, Pjaca and Brekalo will play between the lines. A trio to keep an eye on because all three have the winning game in their football DNA. Lukic and the surprise Pobega will be the directors, Vojvoda and Aina the exteriors. Both are good at pushing, a little less in the non-possession phase. A defect that Cagliari will certainly try to exploit to their advantage. At the center of the defense is the promising Bremer, a player who has come into the sights of Milan to replace the injured Kjaer.
Statistics. Torino have not scored away from home in Serie A in four games (394 minutes without Brekalo’s goal against Venice in September). The granata have not made at least five away games in a row without goals in Serie A since 1986/87. Leonardo Pavoletti made his Serie A debut against Turin in August 2013 with the Sassuolo shirt. Of the five occasions in which the Cagliari forward has both scored and provided assists in a match, two are against the grenades: May and October 2015. Bremer is the central defender who has scored the most goals in 2021 (six). The central, 24, found the goal in both matches played against Cagliarii in both cases in Sardinia. From 2014 onwards Cagliari have achieved two successes against Torino in Serie A (both in 2020). Four draws and seven defeats complete the set.
The referee. To direct the match between Cagliari and Turin will be. Luca Massimi of Termoli. The Serie A debut of the whistle took place against the rossoblù: in 2019 the match director directed the match of “Marassi” between Sampdoria and Cagliari which ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of the blucerchiati.
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