Serie C side Pordenone beat Cagliari in the Coppa Italia, but their Coach reveals the secret weapon. “My players knew them from Fantasy Football.”
The shock 2-1 result at the Sardegna Arena set up a dream Round of 16 trip to San Siro against Inter on December 12.
“It’s always wonderful to enter the history books,” said Pordenone Coach and former Bologna midfielder Leonardo Colucci.
Serie C side Pordenone beat Cagliari in the Coppa Italia, but their Coach reveals the secret weapon. “My players knew them from Fantasy Football.”
The shock 2-1 result at the Sardegna Arena set up a dream Round of 16 trip to San Siro against Inter on December 12.
“It’s always wonderful to enter the history books,” said Pordenone Coach and former Bologna midfielder Leonardo Colucci.
“My lads will go to San Siro because they earned it and this time not in the stands, but on the pitch! It wasn’t the game of a lifetime for Cagliari, but it was for us.
“It was easy to prepare this match tactically, because my players knew Cagliari better than I did: they all play Fantasy Football…”
Meanwhile, Cagliari President Tommaso Giulini took to Twitter after the surprise home defeat.
“Today we must only apologise to our fans. Let us turn the page and get straight back to honouring this shirt.”