🎙️INTERVIEW | Caprile with “Il Corriere dello Sport”

The Rossoblù goalkeeper gave a long interview to the newspaper, published in today’s edition. Below is an extract from his comments:

THE ROLE OF THE GOALKEEPER
“Are we goalkeepers lonely men? The loneliest in the world. We dress differently, we wear gloves, we even wear different colours. When things are going well, you usually have many people around you who then disappear when things start to go wrong. A good goalkeeper needs to choose the right people. My family, my fellow goalkeepers Sherri and Radunovic, and goalkeeping coaches Bucci and Berretta. People who help me through difficult moments and keep me grounded when things are going well and I risk losing my way.”

THE MISTER AND THE SENSE OF BELONGING
I have a wonderful relationship with the coach. Like many young coaches, he’s very knowledgeable about human relationships. He studies, improves, pampers us, and at the same time beats us. He knows our generation is more fragile, perhaps also due to the constant social media exposure we’re subjected to. Trust is his key to building rapport. For Christmas, he gave us a book: “Pressure, Under Pressure: Learning from Penalties to Manage Life’s Big Challenges.” Pisacane, like Bielsa, who I had at Leeds, insists on never making mistakes in your approach. I feel this in person at Cagliari. We’re the dream of so many children and so many adults who make enormous sacrifices to follow us, even from many miles away.

HUMILITY AND TOTAL DEDICATION
“Our position in the table? After the win in Udine, the Coach reminded us that football can also improve people’s lives. On Saturday, we brought happiness to our people. But we must remember that our mission is to secure safety as soon as possible. Only afterwards can we allow ourselves to dream of achieving great things. Our fans deserve this and much more. But they also deserve our total dedication to the cause, which means securing safety, without getting carried away.”

THE RIGHT MIX OF YOUNG PLAYERS AND EXPERIENCE
“Nothing happens by chance. It is about planning, carrying a project forward over the years with the same coach, as other successful clubs in our football have done, giving him confidence even in difficult moments, as happened here at Cagliari last year. Our victories tell the story of our desire to impose our footballing ideas. And when the game is not as fluid as we would like, we fight until the very end rather than concede. At the same time, we know that with Maldini, Romano, Winks, Fazzini, Mendy, Fadera and Massolin, our attacking threat always remains high. We have the right mix of young players and experienced ones. Romano is extremely talented and knows what he wants; he is the symbol of what we can and want to become. But I also think of our captain Deiola, who more than anyone, as a Cagliari-born player, knows what it means to play for his boyhood club; Mina, a great leader; and Winks, who played in the Champions League final with Tottenham.”

THE PURSUIT OF IMPROVEMENT AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING
“I have looked at my statistics. They are pleasing, but numbers only tell you so much. For me, they are a motivation to improve. At 25, I can improve in every area. There is not a single aspect of the game where I feel I have reached my full potential. Believe me, every morning I get out of bed not only to become a better goalkeeper, but also a better person and a better father. Having a child enriches your life, turns it upside down and fills it with meaning. Today, I feel filled with a love that I cannot put into words. Since Edoardo came into my life, I have been able to give a different meaning to those afternoons that I might previously have wasted on pointless pastimes. Time away from the pitch has become time in which I truly live.”