The show is on the pitch, with music and the memory of Gigi Riva , but from 8:45 pm the protagonists will be Cagliari and Saint-Étienne. They face each other, almost 55 years after the historic Champions Cup match of September 16, 1970 , in the first edition of the Gigi Riva Trophy: a friendly match with a special flavour, in the name of the Legend and with the Unipol Domus filling up in the Curva Nord, Distinti and Tribuna sectors (the Curva Sud remained closed). Kick-off has been slightly delayed, to 8:45 pm instead of 8:30 pm .
Cagliari's lineups include Sebastiano Luperto and Yerry Mina . A minor injury during the training camp in Ponte di Legno had kept the former on the bench, while the latter had undergone a personalized preparation and missed the friendlies in Austria and Germany, returning to Sardinia early. Fabio Pisacane's formation is expected to be a 4-3-3, with Roberto Piccoli at the center of the attack supported by Mattia Felici and Zito Luvumbo. New arrivals Michael Folorunsho and Luca Mazzitelli, the latest additions, are still out, as are the injured Gianluca Gaetano and Nadir Zortea.
Here are the official lineups for Cagliari-Saint Étienne: Lele Casini will be providing live commentary on Radiolina . Among those in the stands are Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluigi Buffon , Italy's coach and head of delegation, who visited the Crai Sport Center in Assemini this morning . New signing Semih Kılıçsoy is also expected. The entire Riva family, including his wife Gianna Tofanari, will be there.
Cagliari (4-3-3): Caprile; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Obert; Adopo, Prati, Deiola; Luvumbo, Piccoli, Felici.
On the bench: Ciocci, Iliev, Pintus, Idrissi, Di Pardo, Vinciguerra, Bolzan, Veroli, Rog, Liteta, Cavuoti, Borrelli.
Coach: Fabio Pisacane.
Saint-Étienne (4-2-3-1): Larsonneur; Bernauer, Lamba, Nadé, Traoré; Jaber, Tardieu; Boakye, Moueffek, Cardona; Duffus.
On the bench: Maubleu, Appiah, Old, Miladinović, El Jamali, Gadegbeku, Owusu.
Coach: Eirik Horneland.