Eusebio Di Francesco
FrosinoneClaudio Ranieri
Cagliari
Meeting Highlights…INJURIES
We will not have Lusuardi, Lirola, Baez, Oyono, Monterisi, Marchizza and Kalaj available. Bonifazi only trained today, we will also evaluate this evening but we think we have him available. The others are all ready for a match of great importance.
…DEFENSE
I'm evaluating whether to play with a 3 or 4 defense, I've tried both alternatives. Zortea will certainly be in the match, he arrived well trained and will certainly be in the match. The evaluation I'm making is whether to play as a 4 by adapting a midfielder to be a full-back.
…TEAM
We were always in the game, except for the last two against Juve and Atalanta in which we easily exited the match. I called the group back to the competitive frenzy, about being bad during the race. Without these characteristics everything else dies. Let's not forget the path this team is taking. We knew we would encounter difficulties, I also wouldn't have hoped to lose all these games in a row but it can happen and we have to react.
Eusebio Di Francesco
Manager on Frosinone…INJURIES
We will not have Lusuardi, Lirola, Baez, Oyono, Monterisi, Marchizza and Kalaj available. Bonifazi only trained today, we will also evaluate this evening but we think we have him available. The others are all ready for a match of great importance.
…DEFENSE
I'm evaluating whether to play with a 3 or 4 defense, I've tried both alternatives. Zortea will certainly be in the match, he arrived well trained and will certainly be in the match. The evaluation I'm making is whether to play as a 4 by adapting a midfielder to be a full-back.
…TEAM
We were always in the game, except for the last two against Juve and Atalanta in which we easily exited the match. I called the group back to the competitive frenzy, about being bad during the race. Without these characteristics everything else dies. Let's not forget the path this team is taking. We knew we would encounter difficulties, I also wouldn't have hoped to lose all these games in a row but it can happen and we have to react.
Claudio Ranieri
Manager on Cagliari…TEAM CONDITION
For us, every match is very important. We are still in no man's land, in quicksand. We must be aware that we are a good team when we are all united and compact and we strongly want something. If we give up for a moment we lose a lot as a team, as a group, as everything. We will have to play a really strong game, without mistakes.
…FROSINONE
I fear their geometries and their qualities, they have players who go at a thousand miles per hour, they create spaces enormously. In all the matches they lost they never gave up. If you can't score goals and do so, all the better. But they always create their opportunities, let's not forget that they pulled Napoli out of the Italian Cup by scoring four goals. It will be a game to take with a pinch of salt. They play well, if you see them they have everything, they do everything perfectly, because they pressure you, they don't let you play.
…INJURIES
Lapadula trained with us, even if on the sidelines at the beginning of the week, these last two training sessions he did everything with the team for which he can be called up. Mancosu is always out, while long-term patients will need time as you know.