Claudio Ranieri
CagliariMassimiliano Allegri
Juventus
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT THE MATCH
The boys are doing well but there are other tests and dangers are around the corner. It doesn't take long from euphoria to despondency, I ask the kids for the right balance. On the pitch you have to give everything, 100%. Then sometimes 120% is given, other times less. Jankto? I took it off because he attacked well but he didn't get back to me. I spoke with him, these are choices that I have to make as a coach.
…JUVE
Juventus knows what they're doing, it will be a very difficult match because Juve knows how to defend better than anyone in Europe. Nobody in Europe lets fewer players into the area.
…RELEGATION BATTLE
Below 35 or 36 there is a risk. There are no obvious results. The point at San Siro makes me happy, especially for the boys and the response they gave me.
…INJURY REPORT
When Shomurodovarrived he was a little demoralised. I would have already wanted him at Sampdoria. He is a player of great quality. Mina is becoming essential, at San Siro he wants to play at all costs, it's logical that she puts him on the field. I'm not so self-destructive as to not let him play. Oristanio is recovering, he got out of bed but was in a lot of pain. I hope to bring him to the bench. Pavoletti is not training with the group, Petagna played a fair part with us today. Gaetano has also recovered, he has no fever.
Claudio Ranieri
Manager on Cagliari…ABOUT THE MATCH
The boys are doing well but there are other tests and dangers are around the corner. It doesn't take long from euphoria to despondency, I ask the kids for the right balance. On the pitch you have to give everything, 100%. Then sometimes 120% is given, other times less. Jankto? I took it off because he attacked well but he didn't get back to me. I spoke with him, these are choices that I have to make as a coach.
…JUVE
Juventus knows what they're doing, it will be a very difficult match because Juve knows how to defend better than anyone in Europe. Nobody in Europe lets fewer players into the area.
…RELEGATION BATTLE
Below 35 or 36 there is a risk. There are no obvious results. The point at San Siro makes me happy, especially for the boys and the response they gave me.
…INJURY REPORT
When Shomurodovarrived he was a little demoralised. I would have already wanted him at Sampdoria. He is a player of great quality. Mina is becoming essential, at San Siro he wants to play at all costs, it's logical that she puts him on the field. I'm not so self-destructive as to not let him play. Oristanio is recovering, he got out of bed but was in a lot of pain. I hope to bring him to the bench. Pavoletti is not training with the group, Petagna played a fair part with us today. Gaetano has also recovered, he has no fever.
Massimiliano Allegri
Manager on Juventus...CAGLIARI
Of the eight victories achieved by Cagliari this season, six have come at home. Of the thirty-one points obtained, 23 came within friendly walls. It is a team that scores many goals in the last fifteen minutes and above all with many players off the bench and, in fact, is in first place in this special ranking, precisely in terms of number of goals scored with players who substituted during the match in progress. They are playing for survival and we are playing for access to the next edition of the Champions League. It will be a complicated match, we know this, and consequently the best version of Juventus will have to take the field. Turnover in view of the Italian Cup? No, the most important match is tomorrow. There will be time to think about the semi-final return of the Italian Cup and, therefore, the best possible lineup to field next Tuesday in Rome against Lazio. It would be a mistake not to focus all our attention on the Cagliari match. A victory in Sardinia would allow us to make a good leap in the standings.
...TRAINING CHOICES
I will decide tomorrow who will play between Chiesa and Yildiz. We have Kean out because he is following a differentiated training program and Milik who is recovering his best condition: if I lined them all up from the start, I wouldn't have any changes available. There is always a need for balance in choices. The contribution of the players who are inserted into the field during the match in progress becomes decisive. I don't have many doubts about the lineup, all the players who will leave for Cagliari are fine. The only doubt in this sense concerns Szczesny because he will be available, he will come with us, but we will only evaluate tomorrow whether he will be able to play or not.
...SEASON FINALE
We are only focused on the finale of this season. You don't have to think about what will happen next year. It is important to stay focused on this month, or little more, that we have left before the end of this year. We are in the running for a place in the next Champions League and we have an Italian Cup final to reach. I, my staff and the whole team are focused only on these objectives. A victory is as if it were worth double at this stage: the search for success at this moment is crucial. In the championship we will have this away match, then the matches against Milan and Roma and then the one against Bologna, another direct competitor in the race for Europe. Many difficult matches to face, without forgetting the matches against Salernitana and Monza.
...CLAUDIO RANIERI
Ranieri is a coach who has worked in the world of football for many years and where he worked he always left excellent memories. It's fantastic what he managed to do in England, with Leicester, but it would be reductive to stop only at that result. Returning to the current season, we must congratulate him on how he managed to manage the difficult moment that Cagliari found themselves in, when it seemed almost impossible to think about salvation. In addition to being a great coach, he is an intelligent, common sense person and knows how to manage difficult moments. Cagliari is having a good season overall.