Alberto Gilardino
GenoaClaudio Ranieri
Cagliari
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT THE MATCH
We are meeting a lively team, mentally very strong given the latest results. A confident team that has found certainties and confirmations. It has certainly found a solidity through the coach and the team group that has allowed it at this point in the championship to be aware of their qualities. We know the importance of the match and the sacrifices of the boys who led them to make them. It's time to put a strong stamp on this championship, we must play a match of great competitiveness, balance and order. I think that, some or not, they interpreted their role to the best. I think of Bohinen who is a great professional. I take him into consideration, I can understand his feelings but I hope there is the possibility of having space between now and the end. But it's important to have consistency tomorrow.
…INJURY REPORT
Vitinha is fine and trained during the week. He doesn't have 90 minutes but I think he can be in the game too. If needed, he's a player with different characteristics from the players I have. When he finds his best form, he'll be able to be very useful to the team. We hope for Messias and Malinovskyi that there can be positive situations in the coming weeks. It's normal that they have very long injuries. For Bani it's very long, I don't know if we'll recover him by the end of the championship. Matturro is having a quick recovery, it is a pleasant surprise. It may be that he returns before two weeks.
…RANIERI
He is a coach who reflects his way of being and his way of acting on the bench. He is a person of great depth and this is reflected in the way he approaches the match. The team perceives this attitude and transforms it into He achieved excellent results, he won, he is a very experienced coach. For me it is a source of great pride and responsibility to be able to compete with a coach like that.
Alberto Gilardino
Manager on Genoa…ABOUT THE MATCH
We are meeting a lively team, mentally very strong given the latest results. A confident team that has found certainties and confirmations. It has certainly found a solidity through the coach and the team group that has allowed it at this point in the championship to be aware of their qualities. We know the importance of the match and the sacrifices of the boys who led them to make them. It's time to put a strong stamp on this championship, we must play a match of great competitiveness, balance and order. I think that, some or not, they interpreted their role to the best. I think of Bohinen who is a great professional. I take him into consideration, I can understand his feelings but I hope there is the possibility of having space between now and the end. But it's important to have consistency tomorrow.
…INJURY REPORT
Vitinha is fine and trained during the week. He doesn't have 90 minutes but I think he can be in the game too. If needed, he's a player with different characteristics from the players I have. When he finds his best form, he'll be able to be very useful to the team. We hope for Messias and Malinovskyi that there can be positive situations in the coming weeks. It's normal that they have very long injuries. For Bani it's very long, I don't know if we'll recover him by the end of the championship. Matturro is having a quick recovery, it is a pleasant surprise. It may be that he returns before two weeks.
…RANIERI
He is a coach who reflects his way of being and his way of acting on the bench. He is a person of great depth and this is reflected in the way he approaches the match. The team perceives this attitude and transforms it into He achieved excellent results, he won, he is a very experienced coach. For me it is a source of great pride and responsibility to be able to compete with a coach like that.
Claudio Ranieri
Manager on Cagliari…ABOUT THE MATCH
Looking at the home and away standings, they are a team that plays good football, has excellent players, knows when to manoeuvre, knows when to restart quickly and will be supported by the public. It will be a match that we will have to be able to read and interpret as best we can.
…PETAGNA
I don't leave anyone behind, all the players are important. Mancosu will also be back soon, I want to have everyone available to choose in the most serene way and trying to make as few mistakes as possible. Who will take a possible penalty? We'll see who plays, then they'll choose the boys. The important thing is to score goals because we have already missed too many.
…THE KEY MOMENT
The key was the awareness of having to fight in every single match. Difficult moments come for every team. We have suffered a lot, but now we don't want to suffer anymore. To make this happen we must be as united as we have always been and try to be mentally aggressive and then do our job well.