{"id":23621,"date":"2026-04-04T18:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/news\/press-room-mr-pisacanes-words-3\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:55:05","slug":"press-room-mr-pisacanes-words-3","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/press-room-mr-pisacanes-words-3\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS ROOM | Mr. Pisacane&#8217;s words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the analysis of Fabio Pisacane, Cagliari coach, after the defeat suffered by the rossobl\u00f9 at home to Sassuolo. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS<br\/><\/strong>We played excellently in the first half, but the second half was the opposite. For those who need to stay up, like us, this is a situation that absolutely needs to be turned around. Now we have to stay clear-headed, even though the reality is very clear. We need to stay united, our fate is still in our hands. It&#8217;s disappointing because losing a game like today&#8217;s after such a first half and following some lapses in form weighs heavily. We conceded the goal from Sassuolo&#8217;s first real chance, too easily from a set piece. This absolutely needs to change. You can&#8217;t come out like that on that ball. A second goal was also a bit up in the air, so we tried to raise our center of gravity to apply more pressure. Everyone has a responsibility; we have to achieve safety, and that&#8217;s the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>A DIFFICULT MOMENT<br\/><\/strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never felt at ease, not even with 28 points in 23 games. I&#8217;ve always said that staying up shouldn&#8217;t be a feeling but a clear objective to achieve. When you have to stay in Serie A, you need a different level of focus and determination, in duels, in every situation. It&#8217;s not easy to get out of this situation if you have the same attitude as when you were in the second half of the season. We&#8217;ve never resorted to excuses, and we won&#8217;t do so today. We&#8217;ve rediscovered a centre-forward like Borrelli, and that&#8217;s one of the bright spots today. We thank those who have sacrificed themselves in recent months, but the difficulties have been real and we all know it. That said, we need to react to stay up.&#8221; <br\/><br\/><strong>DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE FANS<\/strong><br\/>&#8220;First and foremost, it&#8217;s disappointing for the fans, for those who traveled away from Cagliari, and for those who will be spending Easter away from Cagliari and traveling for the team. Playing like we did in the second half doesn&#8217;t do justice to the fans&#8217; efforts. This is what hurts the most today after the defeat and what humiliates us.&#8221;<br\/><br\/><strong>MENTAL QUESTION<br\/><\/strong>&#8220;We definitely don&#8217;t have the carefree attitude we had in the first six or seven months; it&#8217;s diminished. I think a bit of healthy fear is always helpful, but it depends on what it leads to: if you don&#8217;t bring grit and character to the pitch, it becomes really hard and tough. It makes no sense to talk about absences, injuries, or similar issues today. In the first half, with one striker, we did very well, shooting often and willingly. Paradoxically, when we brought on an extra striker, we struggled more. If you have two strikers and always play with long balls, it rarely pays off. It&#8217;s true that having more players available like today helps, but then attitude and spirit count, which were there in the first half but weren&#8217;t in the second.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>TOWARDS THE FINAL RUSH<br\/><\/strong>&#8220;How do we start again? There are some positives, we&#8217;re definitely starting better than after Pisa, but we need to work and react to be ready for Cremonese. The changes? We tried to raise our center of gravity and increase the offensive pressure. We wanted to cover the pitch better because Sassuolo were certainly more proactive and forced our defensive line. In the first half, the three midfielders did a significant job, we dropped off a bit and needed to fix something. I&#8217;m confident for the future, we definitely need to do more to stay up. Are Palestra and Deiola tired? I think Marco did his part and was less limited than on other occasions, like Pisa and Napoli; Alessandro gives us depth and quantity, and it&#8217;s an important return. Today he had two full weeks of work, and it definitely showed. 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