Darijo Srna's story He started from the Balkans and arrive up to Cagliari

Three Serie A appearances, 270 minutes played. No need to be a mathematician to calculate: Srna, in his first three appearances with Cagliari’s shirt, remained in the field for all 90 minutes of play (even a little more, considering the recoveries). After entering into the furrow of the various shots of Giulini’s management (from Bruno Alves to Van der Wiel, passing through Padoin, Isla and Borriello), the Croatian fullback seems to have already conquered all. Surely he has conquered Maran, who does not want to give up a boy who, at 36, continues to make the difference. Because Darijo, in his career, has always made the difference.

The Srna family has also passed on all the news in the summer of 2016, during the European football championships. Before the start of the challenge with the Czech Republic, the Croatia’s captain was framed by the cameras during the anthem. Srna was in tears, looking at the sky and crying. A few days earlier, in fact, his father had disappeared after a long fight against the disease, while on television his son took to the field against Turkey. Darijo returned home to greet him, then joined his national team again. As a man, before a player, Srna has faced the games of his life with a fighting spirit, as the protagonist of a long and heartbreaking film. There will be applause at the open scene at the end of the screening. But the fine word, for this film, still seems far away.

On the pitch with Darijo

Srna, at 36, chose to join the Cagliari cause. Maran knows: he can still give a lot. He has a delicate right and anything but rusty, which in his career has allowed him to score several goals between penalties and free kicks. Di Srna can be trusted, runs and fights, serves assists to his teammates, plays with the team and for the team. A complete player, on which it was not by chance that Inter was involved in the summer. Physically it is still intact, for the salvation fight Cagliari can rely on all its experience. Over all its troubled, long, important history. With the family on the heart, tears in the eyes and football in the blood.