An evening to immediately put aside, to start again and think about the direct clash with Lecce on Sunday at 12.30pm. «It's a shame: we wanted to score at least one point, but when you find a team that does better you have to congratulate» Claudio Ranieri's bitterness for the 3-0 defeat suffered by Cagliari this evening against Genoa. «He deserved it by playing well: he managed everything, but we didn't. Our strength was aggressiveness and staying together, today we didn't succeed ."
The survival quota does not change compared to what he said in recent weeks: «It's difficult to say how many points, I think 36-37 but I'm not sure . We need to score points and stay wide awake, because we don't know: there are many direct clashes, we already have one next time with Lecce. We have to score as many points as possible, it's a good championship both for Europe and to avoid relegation. We were underwater for eight months, we pulled our heads out but we shouldn't put them back down ."
MANY ABSENCES
Luvumbo disqualified, Viola stopped on Saturday, Dossena yesterday, Mina and Jankto today: for Cagliari the lead-up to the match against Genoa was filled with a list of unavailable players that grew as the days went by. Ranieri, who at the end of the match asked the team to go and greet the fans present at the Ferraris, does not want to explain the defeat exclusively with Mina's last-minute absence: «Not only him, but also Dossena and other people who could make the team play well. We did what we could: not much, honestly." Now Cagliari and Ranieri must start again. «More than psychological work I have to recover those who weren't there today, I hope to be able to have them back. We have been saying for some time that the next races have an incredible weight, we must continue to say the same thing. Lecce are ahead of us and are almost safe, we have to do our best with an excellent team ."
