Cagliari-Lecce will be a high intensity match. It will be played tomorrow at 12.30 and will represent, for the race for survival, an important turning point capable of providing several answers in a fight that has rarely been as fierce as this year. Seven teams in ten points, two places still to be decided for those who will go down to Serie B and five teams who will obtain salvation. At the moment the risks are Sassuolo and Udinese, second to last and third to last with 26 and 29 points. Among the others, in good shape, there are certainly Cagliari and Lecce who, thanks to their 32 and 36 points, lead this mini-ranking.
The race, therefore, will have a very specific key and that is the motivations. On the one hand, Mr. Ranieri needs no introduction, we know very well that he always knows how to bring the best out of him. On the other hand, however, there is Gotti who, since being in Lecce, has made the mental aspect the winning part, collecting 11 points in 6 games. A checkered match, therefore, where a draw is certainly a result that could please both teams, but we feel like excluding them from entering the pitch so as not to get hurt. On the contrary. Ranieri called on all of Sardinia to “blow behind the players to push Cagliari to victory”. In front of Lecce, on the other hand, one can once again expect great support given that all available tickets in the away section have been sold out.
The two teams are experiencing an emergency in defense. Both the hosts and the guests have two players in serious doubt. On the one hand Mina, who would lead the department if he were to recover, and Dossena. Should they not make it, Wieteska and Obert are ready. It must be said that Mina’s loss would be a serious loss for the rossoblù because since he arrived the Cagliari defense has benefited from him. As for Lecce, Pongracic and Touba should be evaluated as they worked separately for part of the week. On Thursday the Croatian returned to working in the group, while the Algerian yesterday. Both should be available. Otherwise it would create a problem for Gotti because the other central defender in the squad, Dermaku, is also now out. Any solutions should be sought in the denaturalization of one of Gendrey or Gallo with insertion on Venuti’s wing.
Defense aside, Ranieri also evaluates the presence of Oristanio, while Viola, Mancosu, Pavoletti and Jankto are still. Lecce, on the other hand, embraces Ramadani again because he too trained with his teammates again.
These last hours will be decisive in understanding whether he will be used or whether the formation that did well in Sassuolo and at home with Monza will be confirmed. In that case room for Blin-Rafia in the midfield. In the upper part of the pitch, however, the usual problems of abundance with Oudin and Dorgu ahead of Almqvist and Pierotti for the roles of wingers.
