The Cagliari Gazette
Squad21 Feb 2033
A knee injury of the worst kind for Yerry Mina
160 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Cagliari lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad21 Feb 2033
A one-man rearguard from Diego Mascardi
There were 12 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad21 Feb 2033
David Maguicha says Cagliari went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Feb 2033
Diego Mascardi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cagliari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Feb 2033
Vicente Pendino is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cagliari is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market21 Feb 2033
Cagliari may not be able to give Romano Floriani Mussolini what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Romano Floriani Mussolini wants continental football; whether Cagliari can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Match19 Feb 2033
Cagliari come up short against AS Roma
AS Roma left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings21 Feb 2033
A costly moment from Agustín Albarracín
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Cagliari, and it is a cruel one.
Market21 Feb 2033
The Gennaro Borrelli question follows Cagliari around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Gennaro Borrelli’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Sebastiano Esposito
- Market Manuel Amisano placed on the list