The Mazzarri era on the Cagliari bench starts with a good point away. The match of the Olimpico on the fourth day of Serie A ends 2-2, with the rossoblùs going at a disadvantage, overturning it and being caught up in the final. At the sign Immobile, Joao Pedro, Keita and in closing Cataldi. However, an important draw, on a difficult field, against an arrembante opponent.
LINE-UP - Against Lazio the new Sardinian coach, who arrived at the beginning of the week to replace Leonardo Semplici on the bench, launches Caceres from the beginning and re-proposes the attacking couple Joao Pedro-Keita, for a line-up as follows: Cragno, Caceres , Ceppitelli, Carboni, Dalbert, Lykogiannis, Deiola, Marin, Nandez, Joao Pedro, Keita.
Maurizio Sarri (suspended) and Martusciello (the deputy on the bench) respond instead with Reina, Lazzari, Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Hysaj, Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto, Pedro, Felipe Anderson and Immobile.
Race direction entrusted to the referee Ghersini.
FIRST HALF - Cagliari starts well and in the first 20 minutes collects three scoring, despite Lazio who immediately try to make possession and match.
After 5 minutes Nandez puts a greedy cross in the middle from the right, but Keita and Dalbert get in the way, without finding the winning header deviation.
At 15 'still El Leon, who blows the ball to Hysaj and serves Keita, who concludes with a left footed but finding Lazzari as the last bastion. Then it is Lykogiannis who hits, from the left: Nandez, still him, tries the header from an excellent position, with the ball going high.
Then Lazio comes out: Ceppitelli anticipates Immobile by a whisker and then Milinkovic and again Immobile conclude central, without creating headaches in Cragno.
But at the end of the fraction the Biancocelesti took the lead: Milinkovic's cross and a winning deviation from the usual Immobile for 1-0.
SECOND HALF - In the second half the rossoblù immediately found a draw, after only 30 seconds of play. Joao-Marin exchange, with the number 8 who lifts a splendid return ball for the Brazilian who with his head unleashes an impregnable lob for Reina.
After about ten minutes Mazzarri proceeds to the first changes: outside Caceres and Dalbert, inside Walukiewicz and Zappa.
At the 58th minute occasionissima Cagliari: Nandez enters the area and tries the conclusion, which is deflected on the post to the left of Reina. And it was Reina two minutes later who rejected a good shot from Lykogiannis from distance.
Cagliari is hot, very hot. And in the 62nd minute he finds the second goal: great action by Joao on the left, ball in for Keita who controls and with his right he places the ball in the corner, where neither the defenders nor Reina can reach. Game overturned.
After the one-two of the guests, the biancocelesti try to regroup and create dangerous opportunities. Immobile tries and then Luis Alberto from outside, but Cragno keeps a good watch. And in the 75th minute the rossoblù goalkeeper is overcome by deflecting a very insidious conclusion from Immobile.
In the last quarter of an hour Mazzarri plays two more cards: inside Pereiro and Bellanova, outside Keita and Lykogiannis.
The forcing of the hosts, however, bears fruit, 7 minutes from 90 ': a series of heats and strikes in the rossoblù area, the ball reaches Cataldi who - recently entered - places an incredible and impregnable right-foot, which ends in the seven to the right of Cragno. Cross and goal, for the Lazio draw.
Shortly before the 90th Mazzarri also throws Pavoletti into the fray, replacing Joao Pedro.
Ghersini grants 5 minutes of recovery, Lazio arremba and Cagliari grits his teeth to be able to bring home at least one point. And he does it by playing a minute and a half in ten, because Zappa, already warned, knocks out Zaccagni and is sent off.
At the triple whistle the scoreboard reads: 2-2.
(Unioneonline / lf)