Great Rossoblù test against a very strong opponent: Joao Pedro and Keita overturn the advantage of Immobile but in the final comes the equal of Cataldi
ROME. Walter Mazzarri’s adventure on the Cagliari bench begins very well. A very heavy 2-2 that obtained on the Lazio field where the rossoblù had lost in the last ten occasions. Grit, heart, organization but also wonderful plays. The coach from San Vincenzo seems to have already transferred his competitive fury to the players in a few days. The whole performance of the team benefited from it, emerging from the quicksand of apathy in which it seemed to have fallen.
As mentioned also in the press conference of presentation by Mazzarri, his Cagliari was chameleonic. Often the coach has redesigned the team’s set-up in particular on the outside and in the back department where he started at 4, always looking for the restarts, those that allowed to overturn the score at the start of the second half after the first half had closed. with the goal at the end of the usual Ciro Immobile.
The breaking latest news. The start is all from Lazio but on 15 ‘Cagliari builds a great opportunity thanks to Nandez who steals the ball on the right and sends a cross to the center where Keita kicks without fail but finds Lazzari instinctively rejected who saves the goal. of Lazio. At 21 ‘still Cagliari: cross from the left by Lykogiannis and Nandez all alone, he sends high with his head. On the overturning in front of Ceppitelli he saves by just touching the ball and removing it from Immobile ready to hit the goal.
Lazio has a lot of ball possession and scores in the 45th minute, with the eleventh goal by Immobile to the rossoblù: cross by Milinkovic Savic and head deflection of the black beast of Cagliari that unlocks the score after a very good first half by the team of Mazzarri.
Cagliari returned to the field very loaded and immediately found a draw with Joao Pedro (fourth goal of the season). Joao Pedro starts from his metacampo and goes to Marin who closes the triangle by hitting his head and mocking Pepe Reina with a lob: just 25 seconds have passed since the start of the second half.
Chills from side to side. Prima Immobile almost manages to deflect a ball escaped from Cragno while on the other side Nandez hits the intersection of the posts at the end of one of his forays on the right wing.
Cagliari, however, insisted and even took the lead in the 17th minute with Keita Baldè’s first goal for the rossoblù. The action is inspired by Joao Pedro who runs away on the left and serves the very solitary striker who lucidly bags the 2-1 goal at the edge of the pole.
At 28 ‘Cragno comes to the fore and defuses a bomb from the edge of Luis Alberto. Immediately after a super left by Immobile and the Cagliari goalkeeper who touches the ball deflecting it on the crossbar. At 7 ‘from the end, however, Lazio equalized with a great shot by Cataldi who put the ball at the intersection of the posts to the right of Cragno, signing the 2-2.
Two minutes from the end Zappa, who took over in the second half, commits a heavy foul on Zaccagni on a Lazio restart and the referee pulls out the red card. Lazio closes ahead but can no longer pass and so Cagliari takes away a very precious point from a long taboo field.
Lazio (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari (74 ‘Marusic), Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Hysaj; Milinkovic, Leiva (65 ‘Cataldi), Luis Alberto (88’ Akpa Akpro); Pedro (65 ‘Zaccagni), Immobile, Felipe Anderson (88’ Raul Moro). All .: Martusciello (Sarri disqualified).
Cagliari (3-5-2): Cragno; Ceppitelli, Carboni, Lykogiannis (74 ‘Bellanova); Caceres (56 ‘Walukiewicz), Nandez, Marin, Deiola, Dalbert (56’ Zappa); Joao Pedro (88 ‘Pavoletti), Keita (74’ Pereiro). Coach: Mazzarri.
Referee: Ghersini (Genoa section).
Goals: 45 ‘Immobile, 46’ Joao Pedro, 62 ‘Keita, 83’ Cataldi.
Note. Booked: 6 ‘Caceres (C), 42’ Luiz Felipe (L), 61 ‘Zappa (C), 83’ Mazzarri (C). Red card in the 93 ‘for a double yellow card Zappa (C).
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