“Lapadula has recovered very well from the operation”: Cagliari’s version of the ‘9’ to whom we light candles for the Qualifiers

For this reason, Sunday was a trend again: after a few months of recovery, the ‘Bambino’ had been training normally in recent days and Claudio Ranieri couldn’t wait to have his scorer on the team. And for the duel against Salernitana on matchday 9 of Serie A he could be called up.

The mere fact of seeing him on the Cagliari bench was a cover story on all online sports sites. The lack of a goal in the national team -Peru did not score in four games- and the crisis in the offensive attack -we only scored 3 times in 360 minutes- means that Gianluca Lapadula’s recovery is celebrated not only in the Bicolor, but in Cagliari, since his team is in need of points and needs its 100 percent scorer soon. Alarm one: in the draw against Salernitana 2-2 as a visitor and Ranieri preferred not to use it, as he had previously indicated in a press conference prior to the match. “He wants to come to Salerno even if he can’t play, but he will want to be with the entire group,” said the coach.

How do you analyze Lapadula’s return in Cagliari? El Comercio consulted within the Italian club to find out if the national team forward can arrive in optimal conditions for the call-up against Bolivia and Venezuela in November.

“With Lapadula everything is fine. Mr. Ranieri said in the pre-match press conference that he would bring him in, but he is not ready to play yet. So we wait for the next game,” commented the Cagliari worker.

“Lapadula has recovered from the operation, he is fine, now we have to get into the rhythm of the game. “Gianluca did his first group training on Friday morning and finished on Saturday,” he added.

One of the things that caught our attention was the photo we received from Cagliari, where Gianluca Lapadula is seen again with a protector on his face. “Yes, Lapadula always uses it, in July he had a nose job,” concluded our source from Cagliari.

Roberto Pinna, journalist for “Centotrentuno”, a medium that covers Cagliari, revealed that Lapadula cannot yet be a starter in Cagliari. “He was called up against Salernitana, but it could be against Frosinone, he can play a few minutes, to get a better athletic condition and then start as a starter in Cagliari, for other games, he will surely add some minutes against Frosinone,” he commented to this newspaper.

“I think it will be premature to start, because he hasn’t played since the Play offs in June, he hasn’t been a starter for five months, I think he will have a few minutes against Frosinone,” he said.

Juan Reynoso’s call will be next Friday. We already know which are the two images to continue lighting candles to.