Cagliari ready for the challenge against Fiorentina: Nicola focuses on the decisive mentality

Nicola's Cagliari, 6 points above relegation, is preparing to face Fiorentina with a 3-5-1-1 formation.

di ALESSANDRO LATINI
April 20, 2025
Nicola's Cagliari, 6 points above relegation, is preparing to face Fiorentina with a 3-5-1-1 formation.

Nicola's Cagliari, 6 points above relegation, is preparing to face Fiorentina with a 3-5-1-1 formation.

All in all it's a Cagliari serene the one who is preparing to receive the Fiorentina. The team of Nicola has been floating around a comforting +6 for weeks relegation zone. While waiting for the Empoli-Venezia match, expected by many in that area of ​​the standings, the Sardinians are preparing the challenge against the Viola, with Davide Nicola who spoke at the press conference. "I like to think of a decisive mentality. It's time to push, we have to reach the objective as soon as possible and trying to get a result against anyone. In the first leg we did well, we focused during the week on how to create problems for Fiorentina".

Clear analysis also for Palladino's team. "Fiorentina is very qualitative, they translate into goals what they do. They have qualitative changes and they have rotated the players".

Absent deiola due to disqualification, the probable training rossoblu does not seem to be able to distance itself too much from the last ones, with a 3-5-1-1 which should mirror the Viola module. Of course the defensive trio to protect Caprile, with the return of Luperto alongside the former Mina and Zappa. The first two are cautioned but Nicola has already made calculations of this type at San Siro against Inter, preserving Luperto for the match against Fiorentina. In midfield, Zortea and Augello are expected on the wings, Prati in the control room with Adopo and Makoumbou. In attack, only Piccoli will be supported by Viola.

Alessandro Latini

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