Cagliari holds on too little: Fiorentina passes to Domus and wins 1-2
Piccoli's early goal is not enough, he is then cautioned and given a warning: the Viola turn the result around
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Cagliari gives the illusion with a great start, then Fiorentina emerges and overturns the result. The Serie A recovery ends 1-2 and for the rossoblù there is still work to do to close the salvation issue.
It begins with a heartfelt minute of silence in memory of Pope Francis , as on all pitches. In the 7th minute, with the first real chance, Cagliari is immediately ahead: Luvumbo crosses from the left (with his right), De Gea parries it short and badly, Piccoli collects it in the center of the area and with his left foot hits it low for a sort of moving penalty that makes it 1-0 . The rossoblù start is excellent, and in the 12th minute they also hit the post with a diagonal right-footed shot (slightly deflected) by Zortea.
In the quarter of an hour Fiorentina also hits the post, with a free kick from 25 meters touched short by Mandragora whose left foot (also fouled, in the barrier) hits the woodwork to the left of Caprile . In the 20th minute played to the right to Cataldi, cross with two Viola players ready to shoot from two steps but Luperto is decisive in anticipating them and lifting it over the crossbar. A nice play by Luvumbo sends the Viola defense into panic, who saves with difficulty on his attempt from the edge. Then a counterattack, Guðmundsson from the left moves to the center and his right foot is well blocked by Caprile, with Prati blocking the subsequent shot by Dodô.
Fiorentina equalized in the 36th minute, Mandragora (who two minutes earlier had a good chance, with a high left-footed shot from the edge) served Gosens in space, who took advantage of Zortea's lack of coverage and with a low left-footed shot from the outside made it 1-1 diagonally . The situation worsened for Cagliari in the 40th minute, when Mina stopped due to a physical problem and came off touching his right thigh. Palomino came on in his place. In the 44th minute, Luvumbo would have earned a penalty: Pongračić's sliding foul seemed clear, but the replay showed that the Angolan slipped well before. Referee Marinelli, called to the monitor, removed him.
Resumption without further changes, in the 48th minute Fiorentina takes the lead: Guðmundsson opens on the right for Dodô, first-time cross and Beltrán towers over Zortea for the great header to take the lead . Nicola in the 59th minute puts Gaetano on for Viola, Palladino in the 63rd minute responds with Parisi for Gosens and Richardson for Fagioli.
At 67' the substitutions for Cagliari are complete: Marin, Makoumbou and Coman come in together for Adopo, Prati and Zortea. Marin himself, at 75', forces De Gea to save on a left-footed shot from the edge, after a long period without chances. A heavy yellow card for Piccoli, who slides and stamps on Richardson: he was on a yellow card, he will miss Verona-Cagliari on Monday . At 86' Zaniolo, booed for what happened in Cagliari-Atalanta on December 14, replaces Beltrán.
Seven minutes of injury time for the final, thanks to many interruptions, then became eight. In the 94th minute, a mistake on the way out, a left-footed shot by Zaniolo and Caprile lifts it over the crossbar. Zaniolo himself is cautioned shortly after. But Cagliari does not have the strength to find the chance to equalize.
