The Cagliari coach, Davide Nicola, spoke during “Sa Festa”, the event at the Teatro Lirico in honor of Gigi Riva’s eightieth birthday. Here are his words summarized by Tuttocagliari:
“I am proud to be here, Sardinia welcomes you in a special way. I wasn’t lucky enough to meet Gigi, but he inspired me and you feel that whoever represents this team also represents a part of him. I agree with Claudio (Ranieri ed.), I too would have asked where he would have liked to play, then I would have lined up the others accordingly.
What would I ask him?
Just some me time and if he ever wanted to be a coach.
Finally I would have asked him if Cagliari is always destined to suffer.”