Two goals ahead with Genoa (Joao Pedro and Ceppitelli) is overturned by Destro and Fares
SENT TO CAGLIARI. A mockery? No, Cagliari recite the mea culpa. He conceded three photocopied goals, one from the right and two from (Fares), all with a header. He was unable to manage a two-goal lead against an opponent who until then had done very little. Serious errors in the non-possession phase, a repeating refrain, for which a remedy has not yet been found. Yet after Ceppitelli’s 2-0 goal, the match seemed to have taken the right direction. But it only took a moment, but also the changes made by Ballardini during the race had an impact, to change the inertia of the race. The Griffin did not make sparks, he cynically exploited the lightness in marking the rossoblù, who on all three occasions made the beautiful statuettes. It’s too early to sum up, but last season’s experience has certainly taught us something. This cannot continue. Simple already at risk? Just ask yourself the question.
Revolution. Semplici must make do with “what remains”. Nandez, who returned from Uruguay only 24 hours before the match, starts from the bench, Pavoletti accuses a problem (slight back pain) of the last moment and stays out. Absences that add to those of Godin and Strootman. So there is a double debut, Keita Baldè joins Joao Pedro forward, Grassi is deployed in midfield. What does not change is the form (3-5-2). Wide hoe on the right, Dalbert on the opposite side. Destro and Pandev is the attacking couple of Genoa who take sides in a mirror image of the Quattro Mori. In goal there is Sirigu, Sardinian from La Caletta, timid applause for him.
Joao is not wrong. It is a balanced match between two teams that struggle to find depth. Many horizontal passes, well-placed defenses and spaces reduced to a minimum. At the first opportunity the Sardinian rossoblù break through: Marin fishes Keita Baldè in the area that Sabelli drowns. Net penalty that Joao Pedro transforms, displacing Sirigu. The match goes downhill, but he simply invites his team to continue with the same attitude, Genoa has important individualities and we must not let him take the reins of the match. Cagliari is orderly, they never force plays, they don’t allow depth by closing the passing lines well. The maneuver of the Griffin is staid.
The moves. Three substitutions by Ballardini who passes to 4-2-3-1 with Fares and Kallon on the same line as Pandev and Genoa changes its face. Semplici replies with Caceres in place of the distracted Walukiewicz, but the form remains the same. Nandez is also on the field for Grassi, for him the applause is wasted. Cagliari is in the game with the head, the one that Ceppitelli uses, on a corner kicked by Marin, to make Sirigu dry again. Ice race? Not even for a dream, because Genoa reacts and finds the goal with Destro. On the occasion Caceres is late and badly positioned. The Grifone takes courage, the rossoblùs have a moment of disarray, the goal conceded came when the match seemed safe.
Fares hurts … it hurts. Ballardini puts Ekuban in for Pandev, Semplici Bellanova and Farias (irritating his performance). The thorn in Cagliari’s side is Fares, who heads the ball ahead of Joao Pedro. But on that occasion was he supposed to be on the Algerian? It is a very low blow for Semplici’s team who suddenly find themselves out of breath and with an opponent who believes in the reversal. Which comes shortly after: again with Fares, always in the lead. Four Mori hit and sunk in 19 ‘by a player who played the goalscorer. Cagliari is no more, Genoa is the master of the field. The last card of the Tuscan coach and Pereiro. Joao Pedro has the equalizer but misses from two steps, an error that is almost unbelievable. It is the last gasp, Cagliari after just three days is already out of breath.
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