Vittorio Sanna, journalist and writer, for the rossoblù fans “the voice of Cagliari”. In his thirty-year career he has commentated on the radio over 700 matches, almost 600 in Serie A. One of the most accredited historians of Cagliari
Dark. Pitch dark. Against Empoli, the Cagliari you don’t expect. Or maybe, those that everyone fears and expects, the cause and effect that go hand in hand. One of the possible reasons for the absolute nothingness that the team was able to express.
But the very fact that it was a collective blackout should lead us to think that it is not the washing machine that does not work or the light bulbs that need changing: it was the lack of energy. What energy is the immediate task of society and individual sectors to try to understand. Where is the evil that blew everything up? Athletic energy after the close match against Napoli? Mental energy or emotional energy?
Cagliari has certainly melted like snow in the sun. Second on all balls. Timid in the tackles. Uncertain in the plays, Imprecise in the measurements of the passes and shots, both standing and in motion. It cannot be that the world has ended, that the progress that had been seen step by step has been sucked up by nothing.
Pressure management now becomes crucial and everyone, in their role, must not be overcome by fear and depression. There is no need to look for culprits along the way, the causes must be sought to remove them. The post-match was already managed in a way to accommodate the sinking of confidence. Instead of thinking about mistakes, they thought about failure. Apologies were fearfully asked, even with the coach brought by some players who were guarantors towards the public. There was talk of identifying the problem starting from the top. The team was booed at the first obvious total absence from the field, unlike the lifelong support of just four months ago.
It is in the general picture that it is necessary to identify the wrong contact. Cagliari is not just rubble left by Claudio Ranieri. There are no coaches who work miracles. There are no players who are predestined to be the last. There is no Cagliari people who can give up already on the fifth day. We have seen worse, in numerical terms and what emerged in the worst occasions is precisely that soul that was not seen yesterday.
You can’t suddenly be manure. It’s not the manure that was saved last year. The young people you bought, even if they are inexperienced, are not manure. The work put into the field is not manure. You may even lose. You may even be demoted, but sentences and guilty parties are out of season. Today we need to understand what caused the blackout, turn the light bulbs back on, however dim, spin the washing machine, however old and “a straccu barattu” (at a low price), without throwing anything away. At the end and only at the end will you be able to draw conclusions. Now you need to be serial collectors and, with what the convent has to offer, collect as much as possible. You need to “pick” since you can’t “put”. Pick ear by ear, missing the big harvest.