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informatore.unionesarda.it/cronaca-live/calcio/Verona-Cagliari/455993Cagliari ahead 0-1 at half-time on the Verona pitch, after a first half in which the captain had the lead: Leonardo Pavoletti broke the deadlock after half an hour on a cross from Zito Luvumbo.
First quarter of an hour without emotions, with Cagliari playing mainly on the counterattack. Then Nicola's team emerges, who in the 18th minute goes one step away from the lead with Marin who frees Luvumbo in the area for a right-footed shot saved by Montipò in a one-on-one . The same Verona goalkeeper two minutes later saves a shot from the edge again by Marin.
An injury takes Suslov out of the game in Verona in the 28th minute, Bernède comes on. Shortly after, Augello crosses and Adopo heads high. After half an hour, Cagliari takes the lead: a long ball on the right for Luvumbo, who controls it and crosses with his left foot to the center where Coppola and Ghilardi beat each other to free Pavoletti for an easy touch from two steps away for 0-1 . The captain scores in his first start, he hadn't scored since December 22 against Venezia. There's a check to verify the positions, but the 0-1 is validated.
Verona's first shot on target came in the 41st minute, a free kick from about 25 meters by Duda parried by Caprile. In the circumstance, Zappa was cautioned for kicking the ball away after the foul . In the three minutes of injury time (also due to a physical problem for Luvumbo, the object of repeated racist chants from the Bentegodi ) Mosquera shot wide.