From the Cesarini area to the Ranieri area: Cagliari's last five victories are "on the gong"
From the success in the playoff semi-final against Parma to the Italian Cup victory against Udinese: when the final whistle approaches the rossoblù go wild
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In the beginning it was Luvumbo. It was the first leg of the playoff semi-final and a Cagliari boosted by the success against Venezia in the previous round was stunned by Parma , who went into the locker room with a two-goal lead. In the second half the Angolan's show, culminating with the goal in the 89th minute which - net of the 0-0 draw in the second leg - earned them qualification for the final.
And here is Bari . In the first leg the draw was a mockery for Domus, with Antenucci responding to Lapadula in injury time. The return is history, with Pavoletti's scratch in the 94th minute which handed Serie A to Sardinia.
All finished? Not a chance. The new season opens with the Italian Cup match against Palermo . The match didn't break the deadlock in the first ninety minutes then, in extra time, Dossena put Cagliari 1-0 up. The rosanero didn't let go, and Soleri caught the rossoblù again in the 121st minute. But there is still time before the penalties, enough for the seal of Alessandro Di Pardo, who in the 123rd minute gave Ranieri the first victory of the year .
Serie A starts off uphill, and a calendar with a high difficulty coefficient makes you wait until the tenth matchday for the first success. Which arrives, once again, on the gong. This time the Cagliari of impossible comebacks surpassed themselves, achieving the greatest turnaround in the history of Italian football against Frosinone , with four goals scored after the 70th minute. The last two, needless to say, in recovery. The signature is still that of Leonardo Pavoletti .
Three days pass and for Ranieri's men there is still the Italian Cup: their opponent is Udinese , who takes the lead in the 63rd minute. There's time. With ten to go Nicolas Viola postpones the matter to extra time. And in overtime, right in the 120th minute, the revived Lapadula scores the qualifying goal .
The last five victories, this is the sensational fact highlighted by the journalist Giuseppe Pastore, have all arrived in the Cesarini area. From yesterday, call it the Ranieri area .
(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)
