Cagliari's worst performance of the season yielded their second Serie A victory to Pisa, who beat the Rossoblu 3-1. The Tuscans, bottom of the table, scored twice with a man down, Pavoletti's first goal was in vain, and Obert was also sent off in the closing stages.
Cagliari features Gianluca Gaetano and Yerry Mina in Fabio Pisacane's 3-5-1-1 formation . Pisa had the early game, with the first chance in the 5th minute when Durosinmi headed over from an Angori cross. Two minutes later, a cross from the left was blocked by Calabresi, who was tackled by Sulemana just inside the box. La Penna initially indicated a free kick, then corrected himself and awarded a penalty because the foul was on the line.
Moreo took the penalty, with Caprile diving to the other side and Pisa was ahead in the 9th minute . Cagliari responded immediately, with Palestra crossing from the right in the 11th minute, and winger Obert's header hit the crossbar. Sulemana responded to the rebound, but his header went high. The Rossoblu were back in the 18th minute, with Folorunsho found in the penalty area, whose right-footed effort was deflected by former player Calabresi into a corner.
Folorunsho, who had returned from an injury sustained in the first leg (Cagliari-Pisa 2-2 on December 21), stopped just before the half-hour mark and asked to be substituted due to a new injury. Pavoletti, ready to come on, was sent back to the bench when everything was already decided on the substitution, with Folorunsho ultimately holding out. And in the 37th minute, Cagliari remained in numerical superiority, because Durosinmi, with the ball far away, kicked Mina, and La Penna saw it and showed him a straight red card .
Cagliari's first chance with the extra man came in the 43rd minute, when Gaetano's right-footed shot from twenty meters found a deflection that sent the ball out for a corner. .
