Ranieri will not be able to count on his attacking midfielder at Marassi. The feeling is that this muscle problem will keep him out of the field for 2-3 weeks.
Problems for Cagliari. Nicolas Viola has suffered an injury that will certainly keep him unavailable for Monday Night against Genoa at Marassi. The season, however, could be over. After the winning goal against Atalanta and the equalizer against Inter, despite the mistake in the possible 2-3 final, Viola was doing very well but will be forced to stop.
Ranieri loses an important piece. Nicolas Viola, in addition to sharing the record for goals from the bench with Okafor (5), is a flexible, often decisive player. He could have been a resource for Cagliari’s season finale but the rossoblù will have to make up for his absence.
In the pre-match press conference ahead of the match against Genoa, Claudio Ranieri had made a wish, which was immediately denied: “”Petagna? I’m not leaving anyone behind, everyone is super important, Mancosu will also be back soon, I want them all available so I can choose.” And again on the individuals: “Oristanio is well, as is Lapadula. I will decide at the last minute to replace Luvumbo who is certainly unavailable.”
The absence of Nicolas Viola, ergo, will weigh on Cagliari’s season finale. The 34-year-old attacking midfielder has, in fact, scored 5 goals this season but has often enchanted with his left foot. He had, among other things, scored the goal against Empoli which was disallowed, before missing a penalty, for a season that could have been super. He scored in two consecutive matches (like Atalanta and Inter) but had scored decisively in the first leg against Genoa, the first that he will have to miss due to this muscular problem. He didn’t always start but Ranieri considered him the man who couldn’t be ignored.
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