Gian Piero Ventura, former coach of Cagliari and Lecce, spoke about the match between the teams of Claudio Ranieri and Luca Gotti
The interview conducted with was published today Gian Piero Ventura from today’s edition of Puglia newspaper. The former coach of Cagliari And Lecce he spoke about the challenge between the teams coached respectively by Claudio Ranieri and Luca Gotti. His words:
BETWEEN SARDINIA AND SALENTO – «Fantastic, unforgettable years. From Serie C to Serie A in Salento, and immediately afterwards from Serie B to Serie A with Cagliari. You carry those seasons, those days in your soul”.
YELLOW AND RED YEARS – «The ones I brought with me from Salento are beautiful. Almost a sort of beautiful fairy tale. A team rebuilt entirely, directly, Mimmo Cataldo and I, the players chosen one at a time. I think back to Francioso, Palmieri, Mazzeo, Cucciari, De Patre, Zanoncelli, Lorieri, the others”.
AND THEN ROSSOBLUE’ – «Then I went to Sardinia and found Cagliari psychologically destroyed by relegation, with depression weighing on the club and the president. I carried everything on my shoulders, Cellino was a great friend, we rebuilt the team with qualified additions, we won the Serie B championship and for me it was my debut in Serie A in the 1988-89 season. I returned to Cagliari again in 2002-2003. Well, this Cagliari-Lecce is a matter of the heart for me.”.
RANIERI VS GOTTI – «Each coach has his own beliefs and his own abilities. But ideas have no age. You can have young ideas at an advanced age. It matters what you know, how you do it. Football today has changed a lot not only in terms of the game, but in the relationships themselves, in its way of being, in communication. And the company one has behind oneself counts more and more”.
LECCE – «Gallo has been irrepressible lately. But when you talk about Lecce more than about individuals, you have to talk about a priceless collective, difficult to find so cohesive and motivated”.
DOMUS CHALLENGE – «A much more difficult match for Cagliari who arrive fresh
from the 0-3 in Genoa and with the obligation of the result at all costs. He will be exciting to see. Lecce has the advantage of being very good psychologically, which serves to enhance Gotti’s new tactical balance. Many consider Lecce already out of the battle for survival due to their large advantage over third from last. After Cagliari they will have Udinese at home. For Salento, one result in two matches is enough.”.
FIGHT FOR SALVATION – «There are surprises just like Udinese, a team with values and which dreamed of a European place, which now finds itself in psychological difficulties even before technical ones. There is a great player like Cannavaro on the bench. The other big surprise is Sassuolo. It is no coincidence that teams forced to fight against all odds are suffering the most. We knew about Empoli that he would have to fight. Frosinone had started very well. I saw him in Turin and he deserved to win. Angelozzi is another very good one. In football you never know. Verona, downsized to the winter market, is surprising thanks to Baroni. However, I see Cagliari as out of the mix, after Lecce”.
