Round of return boom: a feat that was only successful for Allegri’s band
CAGLIARI. The super Cagliari of the second round has pigeonholed 3 victories in the first 5 away matches of the descending phase of the championship. An almost unique undertaking in the history of the Rossoblu, an exploit that even the great Cagliari of the 1968-72 period was not capable of, obtaining a Scudetto, a 2nd and a 4th place.
The team revived by Mazzarri immediately won at Sampdoria 2-1, then lost (1-0) at Roma and made a sensational blitz on Atalanta (2-1), then the equalizer of Empoli and finally the new coup, last Sunday, in the home of grenade, again 2-1. A march that made it possible to put together 15 points in 8 races in the second round.
Such a thing had only succeeded in the past once again, 13 years ago, in the 2008/09 tournament for the team led by Massimiliano Allegri, current Juve coach. In the five away games of the second round that Cagliari won first 4-1 at Lazio and then, after 40 years, on Juventus with a sensational 3-2. Following the defeat at San Siro with Milan (0-1), the draw with Chievo (1-1) and the new blitz in Bologna for 1-0. That Cagliari finished in ninth place. (enrico gaviano)