Nightmare afternoon for Cagliari at the Franchi. Mazzarri's team, never in a match, loses 3-0 against a too superior Fiorentina, which goes on thanks to a penalty from Biraghi and then spreads with Gonzalez and Vlahovic. The rossoblùs play discreetly in the first 10 ', then the Viola takes off and the Sardinians never manage to worry the Italian team. To worsen the situation, injuries during the match in progress: Caceres, forced to leave the field after just 24 'and Nandez, who has to go out in the 71st minute.
The ranking therefore remains deficient, with the rossoblù penultimate at 6 points together with Genoa. And the situation in the infirmary is alarming in view of the home match against Roma on Wednesday evening.
Mazzarri at the last moment must also do without Strootman, who joins the unavailable Dalbert and Godin. Cagliari in the field with the 4-4-2 and with Nandez on the left, for a starting eleven that is made up as follows: Cragno, Cáceres, Ceppitelli, Carboni, Lykogiannis, Zappa, Marin, Deiola, Nandez, Joao Pedro, Keita.
Italian replies with a 4-3-3: Terracciano; Come, Milenkovic, Martínez Quarta, Biraghi, Bonaventura, Torreira, Maleh, Saponara, Vlahovic, Nico González.
FIRST HALF - The Sardinians start well and become dangerous especially on the left with Nandez: first he tries and finds Joao Pedro's header, ball out. Then he exchanges with the same Brazilian and puts in the center a very dangerous cross on which it takes a great intervention by Martinez Quarta to anticipate Keita.
But it is a flash in the pan, because the hosts take over the game also thanks to the ample freedom left to Saponara who acts in the left lane. At 10 'Gonzalez face to face crosses with his right, just wide. Then it's up to Martinez Quarta who heads in from Biraghi's cross and puts out a little.
At 19 'Keita's harakiri, who hits with a wide arm from a corner action and gives the viola a shot from the spot. Surprisingly goes Biraghi and not Vlahovic, Cragno displaced and Tuscans ahead at minute 21.
It rains in the wet for Mazzarri: Caceres is also hurt, replaced at 24 'by Bellanova, with Zappa retreating in the 4 defense. Fiorentina rages with Saponara, who first engages Gonzalez, who slightly freaks out, then hits the post with a round shot of rare beauty. At 40 'a desperate intervention by Bellanova to anticipate the usual Saponara, but the doubling is only postponed. Great job by Vlahovic who throws Saponara into a prairie, an assist for Gonzalez who, with an empty net, only has to push into the net for the doubling in the 43rd minute.
SECOND HALF - The recovery begins even worse. At 49 'Vlahovic brushes a free-kick from the edge, ball under the crossroads for the 3-0. The Serbian a few minutes later tries to repeat himself, but this time his punishment ends by a whisker to the side.
Mazzarri tries to shake his team with a triple change in the 58th minute: Pavoletti for Keita, Pereiro for Zappa and Grassi for Deiola.
But it changes little: Fiorentina plays on velvet and manages the wide advantage without problems. At 67 'Italian rests Maleh and Biraghi by inserting Castrovilli and Terzic.
To make the Rossoblu's afternoon even more nightmare is Nandez's injury, forced to leave the pitch in the 71st minute due to pain in a flexor. In his place, 19-year-old Obert, the conditions of the Uruguayan are worrying especially in view of Wednesday's game against Roma.
Another change for the Viola in the 74th minute: outside Saponara, author of a great first half, inside Callejon.
The game now has very little to say, if not for an interesting play by the very young Obert then wasted by Pavoletti who fails to close the one-two with Joao Pedro.
Italian at 82 'also inserts Amrabat and the former Duncan for Torreira and Bonaventura. And Fiorentina, which manages sipping lunges, wasted the 4-0 ball with Callejon on the counterattack.
(Unioneonline / L)
