A brace from the usual Lapadula allows Cagliari to go into the break at 2-0 in the preliminary match at the Domus with Venice.
Before the start, the rossoblù number 9 was awarded as the best player of the season in the cadetteria. Ranieri, surprisingly, left Azzi and Pavoletti on the bench, with Obert fourth on the left and Luvumbo on the wing in an unprecedented 4-2-3-1. After a few minutes, Lapadula stumbles at the time of the shot, while a left foot from Luvumbo is intercepted by Joronen. Cagliari masters the field and, in the 14th minute, the 1-0 score arrives: cross from Nandez and, in front of goal, Lapadula smashes his head into the net. Venezia collects and wobbles, the rossoblùs take advantage of it and concede an encore in the 18th minute: on Dossena's pass, Carboni slips and Lapadula doesn't forgive.
At 2-0 Cagliari slows down and the players from the lagoon can be seen, but Radunovic keeps a good guard by anticipating Johnsen. In the 40th minute Zappa tries, primed again by Nandez, but the right-footed shot on Joronen's exit goes high. The last attempt, in the 46th minute, was by Johnsen, but Radunovic saved without problems.
