11/05/2024 11.39pm
The words of the rossoblù coach Claudio Ranieri in the press room after the 5-1 defeat at San Siro against Milan
The match
“Cagliari today not very courageous and aggressive? That’s what I told the boys, we were too timid in the first half without worrying Milan. Of course, on those two counterattacks, assisting in a better way would have changed things. I think that today Cagliari did what they could do, in the second half as we pushed forward in search of a goal in spaces they cut us off on the counterattack and it shouldn’t have happened.”
Season
“Playing everything against Fiorentina on the last day? We also have to play in Reggio Emilia, we have two beaches: Sassuolo and Fiorentina. We have to play two great games and get the results, we will fight until the last second, as I said. It will be an important week, the coach must act as a counterbalance to the mood of the group: if the locker room is too cheerful I have to make it fly low, if instead morale is low I have to keep it cheerful”
More on the race
“Did Milan act like cat and mouse with us? No, we were certainly too timid, but Milan only cut us into slices when we left them space. But, honestly, after such a performance, scolding my team seems a bit much. How is Sassuolo prepared? Let’s look at the results of the other teams, but we will certainly be armored as we did today: the boys were aggressive, they ran and spent a lot behind the team second in the standings. Anyone who says otherwise obviously has never played football, or certainly at these levels.”
by the correspondent Francesco Aresu
