A year of many sufferings and in the end the liberating scream in the 94th minute of the second leg of the playoffs.

For Leonardo Pavoletti there couldn't have been a better way to end the season, with the return goal in Serie A in full stoppage time. "Many people told me so and I felt like scoring tonight, I knew that if I got a ball I would have scored", his words immediately after the match. «These are football dynamics, in the 94th minute all the schemes were blown».

The added time was enough for him, in addition to the last two of the regulation time to make a feat that no longer seemed possible: «That I had few in my legs you say it and Ranieri says it... I'm happy, you know how much I care to this team and especially this group, we have been fantastic. Not these six months but throughout the year, because we started amid so many difficulties and got to this promotion thanks to everyone. The strength of this Serie A is the group».

And for him, who was also there on 22 May a year ago in the relegation round of Venice, where Cagliari hadn't managed to unlock the 0-0 draw, it's a double satisfaction: «Football is this: you lose a year and a year you win. We were good because it wasn't easy, we were on track and today we're enjoying it all».

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