Cagliari celebrates Pavoletti: terror of the defenders, from the 90th minute he becomes Jack from The Shining. Him: «My feet are backwards but in recovery I become Van Basten»
On social media the club dedicates a meme to the man of providence, whose injury time goals are worth 5 of the 13 points won by the rossoblù so far
When he gets up from the bench, his opponents start to tremble. And the Cagliari fans have hope, whatever the result. Because if three clues prove it, Leonardo Pavoletti officially became the man of providence yesterday .
It all began on 11 June, when the center forward opened a sliding door that changed the future and present of Cagliari. In the 94th minute, in the second leg of the playoff play-offs, he made the breakthrough at San Nicola di Bari which earned him a return to Serie A when no one was hoping for it anymore.
Let's move on to October 29th: crazy comeback by Cagliari who overturned a 0-3 home defeat against Frosinone to take home their first victory in this championship. After the goals from Oristanio and Makoumbou he arrives, strictly in injury time: in the 94th and 96th minutes he scores a brace which is worth three points .
And then yesterday: Lapadula finds the equalizer at the end of a very difficult match against Sassuolo and again "Pavoloso", even in the 98th minute, in extra time, finds a wonderful acrobatics that brings another three platinum points that momentarily put the rossoblù out of the relegation zone.
At 35 years old and with great competition in attack, Pavoletti plays little. But he knows how to make himself useful, so much so that 5 of the 13 points collected by Cagliari in these first 15 days of the championship come thanks to his late goals .
Ranieri enjoys it: «Leonardo is incredible, he always scores great goals. He gets angry because I make him play too little, but he knows that my choices are for the good of the team and his career, then when he gives these joys it's wonderful ." When Gasperini extols him on Dazn, he is self-ironic: «This is luck mister, my feet are on backwards, but in the last 8 minutes I sometimes become Van Basten ».
And Cagliari celebrates him on social media by putting him in the shoes of one of the most terrifying characters in cinema. Those of Jack Torrance, the protagonist of "The Shining" played by Jack Nicholson . When the 90th minute strikes , the most famous ax in the cinematic world destroys the goal and the head of "Pavoloso", the terror of the opposing defenders, emerges from the hole . Especially when the final whistle approaches.
(Unioneonline/L)
