Borrelli's first league goal isn't enough for Cagliari: the draw against Udinese is 1-1.

Cagliari drew at Udinese. Borrelli's first Serie A goal, in his first match since Belotti's injury, wasn't enough for Fabio Pisacane's Rossoblu, who conceded a 1-1 draw in the second half thanks to Kabasele.

Cagliari lined up with a 3-5-2 , Mina in the center with Zé Pedro and Obert on the flanks. But Udinese started strongly, with Zaniolo taking advantage of Palestra's indecision in the 9th minute and his shot hitting the post. Mina's difficulties this week led to a substitution in the 20th minute, with Adopo coming on with Deiola moving up the pitch .

Cagliari's first chance came in the 23rd minute, when Esposito played Borrelli, whose right-footed shot was saved in the middle by Sava. But the striker scored on his second attempt, his first in Serie A: in the 25th minute, Prati shot from the edge of the box, and an inadvertent rebound off Adopo found Borrelli, who slotted home from the center of the box .

Udinese responded immediately, nearly equalizing in the 28th minute with a miraculous Caprile save from Atta's effort deflected by Deiola. In the 36th minute, the Rossoblu goalkeeper made a similar save from Piotrowski. The Bianconeri from Friuli pushed forward in the final minutes, with Zanoli's cross in the 39th minute, Atta's right-footed shot narrowly missing the post, but—more importantly— in the 40th minute, Davis's cross was also deflected onto the crossbar by Atta .

Cagliari resumed with Di Pardo replacing Felici, the winger was the only yellow card. Udinese immediately had a chance, with Goglichidze missing a Zaniolo corner that was deflected to the far post. The Friulian side equalized in the 58th minute: a corner from the number 10 was passed by Solet, and Zé Pedro missed, allowing Kabasele to tap the ball in with the outside of his foot, which was crucial in slowly inflicting the ball .

A long layoff midway through the second half followed a collision between Kabasele and Borrelli. The former was removed immediately after the restart (67', Bertola came on), the latter was replaced by Luvumbo in the 72nd minute. This was the Angolan's return to the field, having been sidelined for a month with an injury. In the ensuing move, he wasted a sensational opportunity for Udinese to earn their place, and then squandered a huge chance to make it 2-1: Deiola slipped in the box and gifted the ball to Davis, who crossed from the byline to Zaniolo, who should have just put it in the back of the net but instead managed to fire it over .

Cagliari returned in the 77th minute, with Obert heading just over from a corner from the left. Zaniolo then came off for Bayo, who immediately had the first chance with a right-footed shot from a tight angle into the side-netting. Luvumbo started and finished an interesting move for Cagliari in the 81st minute, setting up a cross-field pass from the center-right that went just wide . Then Pavoletti (returning) came on for Esposito and Cavuoti for Obert.

The five-minute injury time period begins with Caprile closing down Bayo. In the 91st minute, he could have given his team the win: on a counterattack, he passed to Davis on the center-right. Caprile miraculously fired the ball across the net, but Bayo, instead of tapping in, fired incredibly high into an empty net . Another goal missed by the Friulians.

It ends 1-1.