Verdi on a penalty and Altar at the last minute: Salernitana-Cagliari ends 1-1

The salvation challenge between Salernitana and Cagliari ends 1-1. At the Arechi - in front of 29 thousand spectators - the goal signed by Verdi on a penalty kick is answered at the last minute by Altare .

Few emotions, but Cagliari recriminates against bad luck for a post hit by Grassi and also for a penalty granted and then revoked after the var by the referee.

With one more point in their pocket, the rossoblùs remain third last - just one distance from the Campania region - but they can continue to hope.

LINE -UP - Mister Agostini , on his debut on the rossoblù bench after the farewell of Walter Mazzarri , sent Cragno, Ceppitelli, Lovato, Altare, Bellanova, Deiola, Grassi, Rog, Lykogiannis, Joao Pedro and Pavoletti on the field from the first minute.

Davide Nicola responds instead with Sepe, Ruggeri, Ederson, Bohinen, Radovanovic, Fazio, Coulibaly, Gyomber, Mazzocchi, Verdi and Djuric.

Race direction entrusted to referee Di Bello .

FIRST HALF - At the start, Salernitana immediately tries to play the game, played under intermittent rain , with Cagliari acting as a throw-in. The first occasionissima is just for the rossoblùs, after 14 minutes: corner from the left and Pavoletti off higher than all, with the ball that touches the intersection of the posts and ends out.

The Sardinians gradually took courage, relying above all on the gusts of Bellanova on the right. At the 21st Joao Pedro shows up, freeing himself well to the limit and after a dribbling try the left , easy prey, however, of Sepe 's gloves. The hosts respond with Verdi , but his left to cross ends up on the scoreboards .

There are very few, however, the emotions of the first fraction and at the interval the Arechi goals are clean .

SECOND HALF - In the second half Salernitana tries to accelerate , while Cagliari waits and tries to take advantage of the restarts, but the match remains rather stingy with opportunities.

Shortly before the 60th Agostini removes Rog and inserts Marin .

Five minutes later Kastanos , just entered, goes into personal action on the left , enters the area and falls after a contact with Lovato: for Di Bello it is a penalty . Verdi appears on the spot and displaces Cragno and brings the hosts ahead.

After the goal, spirits light up and chaos breaks out in the area of the benches , at the end of which Di Bello expels Radunovic and also Ribery .

When he finally resumes playing Agostini wastes no time and proceeds to two other changes : outside Pavoletti and Deiola , inside Keita and Gaston Pereiro .

Cagliari's reaction is not long in coming, but it hits bad luck: Grassi frees his left foot, but the ball hits the outside of the pole to Sepe's right.

At 79 'Agostini calls Ceppitelli back to the bench and sends Baselli onto the field.

Five minutes later Joao Pedro tries his head , the ball ends up harmless in Sepe's arms . Then we see Kastanos again, calling Cragno to the parade .

In the last minutes, including the 6 + 3 recovery time, Cagliari throws themselves forward in a desperate search for a draw. At the end Mazzocchi comes into contact with Keita , who falls in the area: Di Bello makes him continue.

A bloody minute exit of Sepe who loses the ball and in an attempt to get it back knocks Baselli out. This time Di Bello assigns the penalty . But then he reviews the images and returns to his decision , recognizing a previous foul by Lykogiannis on the grenade goalkeeper .

The referee then grants a further extra-time and at the 99th, on the last corner kick, Altare di testa manages to pierce Sepe and make it 1-1. For the defender it is the first goal, very heavy, in Serie A , which postpones every verdict to the last two days.

(Unioneonline / lf)