Cagliari forward Y. Trepy and his teammates prepare to host Lecce in the third round of Serie A 2026-27, with Fabio Pisacane's side sitting eleventh on three points after one win and one defeat in their opening two matches. The timing is pointed: Cagliari go into this fixture having just been eliminated from the Coppa Italia by Hellas Verona, who settled the tie with Mulattieri's late goal, and with the squad's attacking options visibly thinner than they were at the start of the summer.
The Coppa Italia exit stings not because the competition was the priority, but because of what it revealed. Cagliari conceded the decisive goal in the closing stages at home, and the squad that Pisacane now sends out against Lecce is one that has also seen Borrelli depart on a temporary basis to Caykur Rizespor. That is another centre-forward removed from the equation, and it sharpens the focus on whoever Pisacane trusts to carry the attacking load in Serie A.
Trepy's profile reflects the challenge ahead. His AI overall sits at 56 out of 100, with a potential of 64 — numbers that describe a player with room to develop rather than one already operating at his ceiling. His Coppa Italia appearance this season, in a competition where those statistics were not produced for Cagliari, yielded neither a goal nor an assist. The slate in Serie A is clean, and in a squad that has scored just once across its two league matches, every contribution from the forward line carries weight.
Lecce arrive managed by Di Francesco, and the fixture at the Unipol Domus represents a genuine opportunity for Cagliari to build on the single league win they already have. Pisacane's side are not in crisis — three points from two games is a functional start — but the attacking picture demands more. Borrelli is gone. The Coppa Italia is over. The league is the only stage left, and Trepy is one of the players who must fill the space that the summer's departures have created.
Whether he does so against Lecce will tell Pisacane something concrete about what he has to work with.