"Una terra. Un popolo. Una squadra. Forza Casteddu.
Cagliari. The city that represents an island nation, within a nation.
In this issue we speak exclusively with Sardinia’s most famous footballing export – the man chosen to fill the boots of Diego Maradona at Napoli – Gianfranco Zola.
We sit down with the man who made that decision, Claudio Ranieri. Who discusses starting his coaching career in Sardinia and returning to the island having achieved success on the Italian mainland, in Spain, France and famously winning the English Premier League with Leicester City.
Ranieri’s return to the club was brought about by club President Tommaso Giulini. We sit down with him to discuss the realities of life in charge of a club which means so much to so many. Giulini is also a fierce critic of the European Super League plans, so we also discuss the future of football at the highest levels and how clubs like Cagliari can dream.
We chat to the current crop of players, plying their trade under the Rossoblù’s ‘Mister’ including Gianluca Lapadula, Zito Luvumbo and Nahitan Nández, who is continuing a long and storied history of Uruguayan footballers the city has taken to its heart.
One of those Uruguayans, Zinedine Zidane’s football idol, Enzo Francescoli, chats exclusively to Glory, as Seth Dooley investigates that link and the pervasive ‘Garra’ spirit the two people and places share."
