Cagliari is still alive: Gaetano responds to Zemura, against Udinese it ends 1-1
The rossoblù return from Friuli with a point. The goals in the first half, at the start of the second half Lapadula hits the crossbar
Cagliari interrupts the black streak and takes a point, with some regrets, on the pitch of Udinese.
Ranieri redesigns Cagliari by relying on the 4-2-3-1, with Nandez on the bench due to a muscle strain that has affected him in recent days.
The two ex Scuffet and Jankto are on the pitch and the goalkeeper must immediately intervene (7') on Ehizibue's long-range shot.
Cagliari suffers especially on the outside and right from there, in the 14th minute, the goal arrives: change of play from right to left, Zemura controls and unloads under the top corner, for his first goal in Serie A and Udinese's lead.
No reaction and the Friulians were close to doubling their lead in the 30th minute, with Lucca's header just wide.
The first signs of life only came in the 43rd minute, with a free kick from the edge of Lapadula nailed to the ground by Okoye. And a minute later, here it is 1-1: Augello's kissed cross and Gaetano does well to get in and head the ball. A goal that revives Cagliari and the fans present at Bluenergy and who can finally make themselves heard.
The goal seems to reawaken Ranieri's team, who push the accelerator at the start of the second half.
After 3', Luvumbo's cross from the left, Gaetano doesn't take it, but Lapadula takes it, but it hits the crossbar squarely .
Cagliari keeps control of the game, Udinese only shows up with a right-footed shot from Lucca (13') just wide. Gaetano and Luvumbo make the home rearguard suffer. First changes in Cagliari in the 34th minute, with Pavoletti, Nandez and Di Pardo for Lapadula, Jankto and Zappa.
High tension final, Ranieri's team, encouraged by their fans, goes on the attack in search of victory. But in the end, the 1-1 doesn't change. But Cagliari proves that they are still there and want to fight for survival until the end.
