Cagliari finds a victory that was missing since November 29 and pushes away the signs of crisis. In Monza it ends 1-2, Zortea and Piccoli overturn Caprari's penalty in the salvation clash.
Cagliari is very unlucky at the start: in the 2nd minute, after a cross from Zortea on which Birindelli anticipates Felici, the corner taken by Viola finds a rebound and a great deflection by Felici onto the crossbar. On the reversal of the front cross from Dany Mota, Ciurria kicks and deflects Makoumbou with his hand on a shot that was destined to go way out, while he turns and without realizing it . However, his arm is very wide, Di Bello called to the monitor by the VAR gives a penalty and Caprari converts in the 6th minute with an angled shot despite Scuffet guessing.
In the quarter of an hour great ball for Felici, assist to Piccoli blocked at the moment of the shot. Obert comes on and his left foot is also blocked by one of the many red and white defenders. Not even a minute passes, great left foot from Viola and Turati is super. Cagliari dominates despite being behind and in the 22nd minute finds the much sought-after equalizer: Felici serves Zortea, control and great left foot from the edge on which Turati can do nothing .
The second half of the first half without any particular shocks. In the second half, Cagliari found the lead in the 56th minute: Obert ran down, assisted on the right for the free Piccoli who controlled and from sixteen meters fired a great shot under the crossbar . The center forward hadn't scored since the last victory, the 1-0 against Verona on November 29th. Immediately after, Pedro Pereira could have equalized, he moved centrally passing between four and Scuffet denied him the 2-2. The action continued, D'Ambrosio committed a foul on Mina and, getting up, touched him with his studs on the thigh while he was on the ground: the VAR noticed, straight red . Mina himself came out in the 68th minute asking for a substitution: Palomino came on.
With a quarter of an hour to go, Felici (a good first for him as a starter in Serie A) and Piccoli are replaced by Augello and Lapadula. Then (85') Marin is replaced by Makoumbou and Pavoletti by an exhausted but very positive Viola. The minutes of recovery, thanks to the many interruptions, are six. And in the fourth Lapadula, launched in a regular position, controls and in the area crosses with his left foot, hitting the post . In the 95th minute, Birindelli's cross becomes a shot and Scuffet has to lift it over the crossbar with a providential intervention. And for the rossoblù it is a victory of resounding value.
