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Serie A | Cagliari 1-1 Lecce: Sardinians under siege

Originally posted on Football Italia  |  By Susy Campanale  |  Last updated 5/5/24

Lecce finally wore down 10-man Cagliari with Nikola Krstovic cancelling out the Yerry Mina opener in this potentially decisive relegation dogfight.

The Sardinians now risk being sucked back into the danger zone after three points from four rounds, but the Salentini are almost safe. Nicolas Viola, Leonardo Pavoletti, Jakub Jankto and Marco Mancosu missed out, but Yerry Mina and Alberto Dossena returned. The visitors were without Lameck Banda, Mohamed Kaba and Kastriot Dermaku, but Ylber Ramadani was back.

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Gianluca Lapadula’s acrobatic overhead kick on a Zito Luvumbo cross was on target, but straight at the goalkeeper, while Cagliari thought they had taken the lead on 17 minutes. Alessandro Deiola won it back off Marin Pongracic and his strike from the edge of the area was deflected into the net, but VAR spotted he touched it with his hand during the challenge.

The Sardinians did break the deadlock when a corner was only cleared as far as Gianluca Gaetano, whose wayward shot turned into an accidental assist for Mina to side-foot home from close range. The Colombian veteran was surrounded by red shirts, but none of them reacted quickly enough.

Remy Oudin’s free kick was deflected over by Deiola, risking an own goal, but the game changed just before half-time when Gaetano went in studs-up on Ramadani’s ankle. He was initially booked, but the decision was changed to a red card following a VAR On-Field Review, as the leg was raised.

The tension escalated in the stadium, as a member of Claudio Ranieri’s staff was also sent off for dissent.

The second half was one-way traffic as Cagliari clammed up in defence, Oudin’s volley flashing across the face of goal to skim the far post and Simone Scuffet slapping a Santiago Pierotti header out from under the bar.

Their siege finally paid off when Pontus Almqvist got down the right and flashed a ball across the face of goal for Krstovic to anticipate Nahitan Nandez and tap in at the back post.

It was not over, because Lecce poured forward and hit the upright twice in three minutes with Federico Baschirotto and Nicola Sansone headers, while Scuffet made a double save on the Alexis Blin scorcher and Valentin Gendrey’s follow-up.

Cagliari 1-1 Lecce

Mina 26 (C), Krstovic 84 (L)

Sent off: Gaetano 43 (C)

05-05-2024 11:30 MatchDay 35 Sardegna Arena

CAG
LEC 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half
    14' Roberto Piccoli
Yerry Mina (Assist: Gianluca Gaetano) 26'    
Gianluca Gaetano

44'     2nd half

    54' Nicola Sansone
    56' Ylber Ramadani
Simone Scuffet 64'    
Nahitan Nández 74'    
    74' Federico Baschirotto
Tommaso Augello 76'    
Alessandro Deiola

78'         84'

Nikola Krstovic (Assist: Pontus Almqvist)

Match statistic

34 Possession % 66 9 Total shots 16 3 Shots on target 3 2 Shots off target 9 4 Blocked shots 4 3 Corners 10 1 Offsides 1 9 Fouls 15 CAG LEC

Starting lineups

22
Simone Scuffet Goalkeeper 4 Alberto Dossena Defender 28 Gabriele Zappa Defender 46' 27
Tommaso Augello Defender 77' 26
Yerry Mina Defender 14
Alessandro Deiola Midfielder 29 Antoine Makoumbou Midfielder 70
Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder 8
Nahitan Nández Midfielder 90' 9
Gianluca Lapadula Attacker 46' 77 Zito Luvumbo Attacker 68' 30
Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 25
Antonino Gallo Defender 6 Federico Baschirotto Defender 5
Marin Pongracic Defender 13 Patrick Dorgu Defender 59' 17
Valentin Gendrey Defender 29
Alexis Blin Midfielder 20
Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 72' 9
Nikola Krstovic Attacker 10
Rémi Oudin Attacker 72' 91
Roberto Piccoli Attacker

46'

Substitutes

18
Simone Aresti Goalkeeper 30
Leonardo Pavoletti Attacker 1
Boris Radunović Goalkeeper 32
Andrea Petagna Attacker 99 Alessandro Di Pardo Defender 17
Pantelis Chatzidiakos Defender 16 Matteo Prati Midfielder 19 Gaetano Oristanio Midfielder 34 Kingstone Mutandwa Attacker 23
Mateusz Wieteska Defender 46' 25 Ibrahim Sulemana Midfielder 46' 61
Eldor Shomurodov Attacker 68' 37 Paulo Azzi Attacker 77' 33 Adam Obert Defender 90' 12
Lorenzo Venuti Defender 98 Alexandru Borbei Goalkeeper 16 Joan Gonzàlez Midfielder 40 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 21
Federico Brancolini Goalkeeper 59 Ahmed Touba Defender 18 Medon Berisha Midfielder 11
Nicola Sansone Attacker 46' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 59' 8 Hamza Rafia Midfielder 72' 7
Pontus Almqvist Attacker

72'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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