{"id":27379,"date":"2026-09-21T20:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:28:11","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f INTERVIEW | Nicola Riva with Radio Sportiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Club Ambassador Nicola Riva spoke to Radio Sportiva: the main topics of the interview included the team\u2019s current form and the work being done with young players. Here are his words:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A JOY FOR THE ROSSOBL\u00d9 SUPPORTERS<\/strong><br\/>\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to be up there, to occupy those positions in the table, and above all it\u2019s wonderful to give our fans this kind of joy: seeing Cagliari in the top half of the table is always a great source of satisfaction. Surely nobody expected such a start, but we know very well that football is a rollercoaster: now the international break is coming and it will be a very long one, almost a month. So afterwards it will feel like starting a new championship. We are fully aware of what we want to do and what our objectives are. Our path of growth already began last year, and in the meantime it\u2019s really great to be up there.\u201d<br\/><br\/><strong>THE WORK OF THE HEAD COACH<\/strong><br\/>\u201cFabio Pisacane immediately proved himself to be a great coach: he is a student of the game, but at the same time he has extremely important human qualities and is a wonderful person. Coaching Cagliari is something special: Fabio had already experienced as a player what it meant to be part of Sardinian life and to represent an entire people, not just a football club. He is now passing all of this on to the group, and that is one of the most important things. He has innate qualities, and hopefully we can keep him with us for as long as possible.\u201d<br\/><br\/><strong>TEAM SPIRIT AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDE<\/strong><br\/>\u201cCagliari have the best defensive record in Serie A? I would like to highlight the team\u2019s spirit of sacrifice instilled by the coach. This is something that allows you to keep going even during the most difficult moments of a match or over the course of a season. If you are capable of resisting, something good will always come from it. We must always have that spirit in every game, because when concentration and determination drop, problems can arise.\u201d<br\/><br\/><strong>THE RIGHT PLACE TO GROW<\/strong><br\/>\u201cI have always thought that Daniel Maldini was one of the most talented young Italian players: he just needed to find the right environment and become one of the leaders. His problem certainly isn\u2019t his technical ability; it\u2019s a matter of consistency. Becoming a leader within a team and being given greater responsibility, I believe, can help him grow on a personal level as well. Cagliari are building their project around young players and the development of the academy. We have many Italian players in the squad who can become the future of the Club and be available to the national team. Building your foundations by investing in young players and working on their mentality is an excellent path, and one of the solutions to the problems Italian football is experiencing.\u201d<br\/><br\/><strong>NURTURING TALENT<\/strong><br\/>\u201cRomano? He is a 2006-born player, and he has everything it takes to achieve great things and become one of the best Italian players. He is a great person and immediately made himself available: even before arriving in Sardinia, he learned about Cagliari\u2019s history and about who Gigi Riva was. That is partly the key to becoming part of the Cagliari family: knowing its history and roots helps you give that little bit extra, and helps you along your path of growth. He is someone who is never satisfied with simply doing what he already knows; he always wants to improve. We are fortunate to have him as a Cagliari player. We are delighted that he chose to represent Italy, and I am convinced that he will help us qualify for the World Cup that so many children dream of seeing.\u201d<br\/><br\/><strong>REMEMBERING SANDRO MAZZOLA<\/strong><br\/>\u201cMy father and Sandro Mazzola were great friends. They shared a huge passion for football and for the Azzurri shirt, something that is perhaps becoming less common today. They lived for getting together and representing our country. My condolences once again to the Mazzola family, to his loved ones, to everyone at Inter and to their supporters. My father grew up hearing stories from Sandro\u2019s father, Valentino, about the Great Torino team, and he passed those stories on to me. When you talk about the Mazzola family, you are talking about the history of football. Sandro\u2019s passing is a great loss for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27377,"template":"","tags":[],"news_cat":[278,276,274],"class_list":["post-27379","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_cat-new-in","news_cat-latest-news","news_cat-first-team"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f INTERVIEW | Nicola Riva with Radio Sportiva<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Club Ambassador Nicola Riva spoke to Radio Sportiva: among the main topics of the interview were the team\u2019s current form and the Club\u2019s work with young players\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f INTERVIEW | Nicola Riva with Radio Sportiva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Club Ambassador Nicola Riva spoke to Radio Sportiva: among the main topics of the interview were the team\u2019s current form and the Club\u2019s work with young players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cagliari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-21T18:28:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VS__0824-Riva_43-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/\",\"name\":\"\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f INTERVIEW | Nicola Riva with Radio Sportiva\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VS__0824-Riva_43-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-21T18:03:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-21T18:28:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Club Ambassador Nicola Riva spoke to Radio Sportiva: among the main topics of the interview were the team\u2019s current form and the Club\u2019s work with young players\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VS__0824-Riva_43-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VS__0824-Riva_43-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/news\/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-interview-nicola-riva-with-radio-sportiva\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f INTERVIEW | Nicola Riva with Radio Sportiva\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cagliaricalcio.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Cagliari - 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