REGGIO EMILIA. «Joao Pedro will be called up for the blue stage at the end of January». The news was given by Stefano Capozucca, sporting director of Cagliari, just before the kick-off of the match with …
REGGIO EMILIA. «Joao Pedro will be called up for the blue stage at the end of January». The news was given by Stefano Capozucca, Cagliari’s sporting director, just before the kick-off of the match with Sassuolo. News reaffirmed also by coach Mazzarri at the end of the match: «I’m happy for him, he deserves it. Joao does not need stimuli, he is so involved in the Cagliari project that he always gives everything for the shirt ».
The rossoblù coach is calm despite the elimination which doesn’t hurt too much. «I am satisfied with what the team has done – the comment -. We had many players on the pitch, including Ladinetti who was returning after a very long absence, yet not only did we not disfigure, we fought to the end. Too bad for that offside of a few millimeters, sorry when a goal like this is canceled, but we know it fits. I saw some good game plots, the team never gave up and with a little luck it could have certainly gone better ».
Mazzarri underlines the aspects that he liked: «The team has now assimilated some very important concepts. For example, pressing hard and always playing the ball. He did it even today, sometimes with personality. In the first half we built the cleanest opportunities, but we were not able to make them happen ». Many absent but the coach looks ahead: «Complaining is useless – he concludes – also because every day there is a problem. First the positives, then Lykogiannis who is sick a few hours before the race. Who do I recover for Fiorentina? “I don’t know, let’s see what happens these days.”
Who with the viola will not be there is Pavoletti, disqualified. “Too bad for my goal, we are not really lucky – the words of the attacker -. Had it been valid, we would have played it and we could have even passed the turn. But it is useless to complain, now we have to think only of Fiorentina ». (r.m.)