In his glorious history as coach of Cagliari Claudio Ranieri had never seen the rossoblù score five goals in one game. The pokerissimo of Perugia now gives the certainty of the playoffs and allows the hook up to the fourth place of Südtirol, waiting for the team from Bolzano to play tomorrow in Terni. "We are fighting, we are preparing for the playoffs and we will play them knowing how difficult and uncertain they are", commented the coach from "Curi" already projecting himself into the play-offs to move up to Serie A. "We brought home three important points, scoring and playing well. Nothing is ever easy, before the match the obstacle was one of the most probable. Thanks to my players: they never backed down and tried to recover the ball high without being satisfied, controlling the rhythms once they had the lead and closing it».
External success. Cagliari's away victories since Ranieri's presence are two goals: 0-4 against Reggina on 18 March and 0-5 tonight. The Roman coach highlights how the red and whites, despite being in great difficulty, had recently shown quality: «He deserved to win in Ferrara, as well as against Bari and Frosinone. But I showed the boys the perils of Perugia, we made the difference with our heads knowing that we needed soul, determination and team spirit. Those who would have put them, hurting us, if we hadn't had the right attitude." The only discordant note from Cagliari's triumph is Nahitan Nández's injury, who went off in the first half: «Let's hope it's just a blow, we'll see», Ranieri's first assessment.
