"We need to add a little spice, and by spice I mean perseverance and energy, patience and balance. Both on and off the pitch." Davide Nicola goes beyond the crisis, the standings, the goal problem and thus launches the challenge to Monza from the Crai Sport Center in Assemini. "I'm not thinking about the market," the Cagliari coach immediately clarifies. " Let's play this last match of the first half of the season now, then we'll take stock and make the right assessments ." He already has one certainty, however: "I blindly trust those who work with me, let's continue to build our numbers. We need to be more capable and cynical."
A fundamental challenge for salvation, tomorrow at the U-Power Stadium, starting at 12:30. But don't call it a play-off. " It makes no sense to talk about a play-off, considering that there are still nineteen games to go ," Nicola cuts short. "We are talking about an important challenge, of course, very important, also to make assessments, the standings say, in fact, that we are facing an opponent who is fighting for the same objective as us. But it is not like a play-off."
Cagliari has lost its last five games, between the league and the Italian Cup, but the Piedmontese coach does not feel at all in doubt. Or rather: « My entire career is in doubt . I am always focused, I plan everything and I dedicate myself body and soul to what I do. I am also happy to create something special through the game. We must be good and calm in finding benefit from difficult situations against certain opponents. I am convinced», Nicola reiterates, «that the work and dedication we put in will pay off in the end».
On the protagonists announced tomorrow in Monza, Nicola this time goes out on a limb about the goalkeeper and assures: «Scuffet will play a great game». Pavoletti? «It is likely that he will start from the beginning just as it is likely that he will come on» . Prati? «The fact that in his department there are five players who are all competitive pays off. Matteo knows very well what I think of him. He is an extremely intelligent player, of quality, and he will serve the cause».
