A party, in front of 2,000 fans. It is the embrace from Macomer and Marghine that Cagliari received this afternoon at the “Scalarba”, in a friendly won 0-9 against the local team – Macomerese, which is part of Group B of Promotion. For Davide Nicola's rossoblù, stopped during the break for the national teams, a test to get minutes in the legs of those who have played less and to maintain the pace while waiting for the resumption of Serie A on Sunday 30 (12:30) against Monza.

Cagliari starts with Caprile; Zortea, Pintus, Palomino, Marini; Adopo, Makoumbou; Jankto, Gaetano, Felici; Pavoletti. Macomerese, coached by Pierluigi Scotto, responds with Sechi, Mura, Scigliano, Giachero, Bianco, Caria, Moussa, Barria, Grassi, Alcazar, Vidili . The six internationals absent from the rossoblù: Velizar-Ilia Iliev (Bulgaria Under-21), Răzvan Marin (tonight at 20.45 Romania-Bosnia), Yerry Mina (defeated without playing with Colombia 2-1 in Brazil last night), Adam Obert (Slovakia), Matteo Prati (at 18.15 the friendly between Italy and Holland Under-21) and Alen Sherri (today at 20.45 with Albania at Wembley with England). With them out are the injured Florinel Coman, Zito Luvumbo and Gabriele Zappa .

Five minutes and a few seconds were enough for Cagliari to break the deadlock: Jankto from the left passes centrally to Makoumbou at the edge, a vertical pass to Pavoletti who controls, turns and scores. In the 8th minute, an immediate doubling and a second assist from Makoumbou, this time for Gaetano who hooks up and with a left-footed shot crosses and beats Sechi with the help of the post. The third in the 25th minute, Zortea sends Felici to goal who dribbles past the goalkeeper outside the area and with an empty net serves Jankto for an easy tap-in. Poker in the 39th minute, Marini (one of the many brought in from Fabio Pisacane's Primavera, finalist of the Coppa Italia) from the left looks for Pavoletti but finds the deflection into his own goal by Giachero in the six-yard box. Felici hits the crossbar in the 42nd minute and makes up for it less than a minute later, on an assist from Pavoletti.

The second half featured many changes by both teams. In the 50th minute, three new entrants exchanged: Viola launched Piccoli (who played just 20 minutes) alone in front of goalkeeper Carta, a touch for nearby Deiola and Cagliari's 0-6 was a reality. A beautiful left-footed shot from Viola inside the area earned the seventh goal in the 56th minute and the number 10 earned the penalty for the eighth goal, with Kingstone converting in the 70th minute with a powerful shot. The feat of the afternoon was Augello's: in the 83rd minute, on a cross from the right by the young Malfitano, he coordinated himself perfectly and with a powerful left-footed volley hit the crossbar with the ball going in . And the friendly ended with a few seconds to spare.

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