Cagliari, Pisacane: Break helped Gaetano, Mina will battle on | OneFootball

Two days before the league resumes, Fabio Pisacane, coach of Cagliari, spoke at a press conference ahead of the match against Genoa.

Cagliari, Pisacane: “Mina will grit his teeth after the national team, Gaetano has football in his DNA”

The coach of the Sardinian team spoke to the official club channel at a press conference ahead of the match against Genoa. Here are his statements, as reported by cagliarinews24.com:

On Genoa

“Even though they changed twenty days ago, I’ve followed Vieira’s team and I struggle to see them in that position: they have a good squad. They’ve shown good things and have been penalized by events. With De Rossi’s arrival, they had a spark, as seen against Fiorentina, where they showed some things. I find it hard to say how much the team has changed from Vieira to De Rossi, I think Daniele would say the same. He has always stood out for his character, and I think the team will show this.”

On the squad

“We hope to win as soon as possible, we work for that but there is always the opponent. The boys deserve it, I see them every day and I know how much they want to win. We’ve recovered Deiola, he’s important and we felt his absence. We’ve lost Zé Pedro, and Belotti and Ciocci will also stay at home. The break allowed us to work, Mina is used to coming back after the national team and gritting his teeth. I’m not saying this for strategy, out of respect for your work: on match day I made other choices to have an advantage!”

On Gaetano

“He has football in his DNA and if you let him play football, he performs at his level and in his comfort zone. We can’t make him play with high balls, I thank him for his words, but I know he can give more. I talk to him often, he paid for not having done the training camp, the break helped him. In the next matches he’ll be able to improve his condition, we can’t use him for just 50/60 minutes.”

On Rodriguez

“As I’ve already said, he has great technical potential, he didn’t do the training camp with us but he’s a young man with high hopes. He comes from the other side of the world and Serie A is complicated, we need to understand how to risk his inclusion. He’s growing tactically, today I can’t have the ego of saying I launched him, I have to manage him and not burden him with too much responsibility. I have to help him grow in the right way, he’s made progress, and during the match he could be useful.”

On Esposito

“It’s a very subjective matter, someone else might see him as the diamond tip or as a target man. In my opinion, he’s not a striker, he plays between the lines and wants freedom of movement and thought, at Como I put him there strategically. Those who saw the match say we parked the bus, but we played offensively with 5 players with great offensive qualities. Esposito will have to be more ruthless in the final third, looking at the numbers we see that when he gets into those areas he’s made the wrong choices or hit the post. I’m asking him to be more ruthless.”

On Kilicsoy

“There’s no problem with him, the breaks could be an excuse: I take responsibility for the technical choice. In tight spaces he has great qualities, with the staff we’re working on his depth. When he plays he can show me he deserves to play, there are great expectations for him. He needs to learn to manage moments, we know what he can give us and where he struggles. He’ll have opportunities from now until the end of the first half of the season!”

On Belotti

“Even if he’s not ready, the atmosphere has changed, he brings mentality and specific weight: he’s a locker room man. I couldn’t wait for him to return to Assemini, both for him and for us. It was a blow, but we’re happy to have welcomed him back and we know how much he can give us even in this role.”

Raffaele Morra

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