A Cagliari worthy of applause that overwhelmed Perugia 0-5, in anticipation of the third last day of Serie B. And the very poker of "Curi" is also a triumph at a statistical level, first of all because it is the first victory in the system of Perugia, where in 12 meetings between A, B and C1 he had lost 8 times and drawn 4 (the last 0-0 on 27 October 2015).
At the red and whites' home he had only won the first two times, at the "Santa Giuliana" stadium in the Italian Cup in 1968 and 1972, respectively 0-1 and 0-2 with all goals by Gigi Riva. Not only that: the 0-5 score counts as a victory with the widest goal gap away (five) in the club's history. It had happened five more times, the first in 1930 in the National First Division for 2-7 on the Brindisi field, then in Serie C 0-5 on 12 April 1952 against Società Sportiva Chinotto Neri and in B the same result in Monza on 15 March 1964, in the year of the first historic promotion to Serie A. In the top division, again with a five-goal difference, Cagliari then won 1-6 in Varese on 6 October 1968 (hat-trick from Riva) and 0-5 at the Turin on 16 May 1993 (show by Enzo Francescoli, author of a brace for decisive points in the memorable UEFA ride). It is also the first time that Cagliari have scored five goals in a single match under Claudio Ranieri as coach.
Screaming goal. The momentary 0-3 by Marco Mancosu, from midfield, enters by right among the most beautiful goals in the history of Cagliari. From so far away, Rossoblù feats are not remembered, one was Luca Cigarini's free-kick on 15 March 2019 against Fiorentina but it was (rightly) cancelled: it was to be beaten from second, he kicked directly on goal. With the double that opened and closed the very poker Gianluca Lapadula instead rose to nineteen goals in this Serie B, detaching Joel Pohjanpalo of Venice who had joined him last Monday at the top of the scorers. Were he to maintain the lead, he would become the second Cagliari player capable of obtaining the title of top scorer: the other could only be Riva, who beat him in 66-67 (18 goals), 68-69 (20) and 69-70 (20 goals). 21). Legendary numbers.
