The former Cagliari player and coach, Ivo Pulga, tries to analyze a TuttoCagliari.net the causes that led Nicola's eleven to also give way in Venice against Eusebio Di Francesco's lagoon players.
In Venice a discontinuous and deficient Cagliari collected their third consecutive defeat in the championship.
“I saw a Cagliari in difficulty against a Venezia that is improving in the last few matches. This was a fundamental challenge, which unfortunately failed. Now it's getting tough, because this year there are many teams involved in the fight not to be relegated and the battle is closer than ever.”
In your opinion, given that Cagliari are scoring slowly, wouldn't it have been appropriate to field two strikers and an attacking midfielder instead of focusing on the usual 3-5-1-1 formation with only Gaetano – or Viola – behind Piccoli?
“Personally, all the times I've seen the rossoblù play with 3 – or 5 – behind they have never won. For me, Cagliari is a 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 team. It's a shame, because on Sunday there was the possibility of destroying Venezia, and instead we also put the lagoon players back into the game.”
The match against Inter appears prohibitive on paper. Even more so, perhaps it would be worth facing it with more courage, having little or nothing to lose.
“Nowadays with the three points the victories are worth a lot. Playing with 5-3-1-1 means sending the message to the team that the main objective is not to lose. But with the three points we have to try to win on all pitches. In short, it's a great shame: Cagliari had pulled themselves up and now they're back down. The next match against Inter, in fact, will be very difficult. But then there will be the clash with Monza, who have just changed coach and who, despite the defeat, fared reasonably well against Juve. I repeat, you have to score points on every pitch and always play with the right mentality, aiming to win every Sunday.”
