Genoa-Cagliari ends 3 to 0.
Against the GenoaThe Cagliari is called to a positive test in order not to lose ground against the direct competitors for salvation, but fields yet another new formation, partly due to injuries, partly due to technical choices of Ranieri. On the bench Nandez, Lapadula, Sulemana, Makoumbou, Hoein the field Di Pardo, Deiola, Meadows, Oristanio, Hatzidiakos And Wieteska.
The first half.
At 12′ I wish, following a corner kick, sends the ball to the header. Cagliari responds in the 16th minute with Shomurodov, without success. At 18′ Thorsby he receives a cross in the center of the area and heads it to give Genoa the lead, who so far have deserved more than Cagliari: there is only Genoa on the pitch. The home team doubles their lead in the 27th minute Frendrup, who penetrates the rossoblu defense without difficulty. At 31′ Oristanio receives the ball right on the edge of the area. He breaks away and attempts the shot, badly twisting the ball. Genoa responds by touching the net with Retegui a minute later. We see Cagliari forward again with a series of Oristano: the action resulted in a free kick rejected by the Genoa defence. The Cagliar team appears listless, as if it were before stimuli. In midfield we run with the ball one meter away, we witness Genoa’s easy dribbling almost without opposition. Finally the Rossblù of Cagliari attack in the 45th minute. The punishment of Gaetano is deflected by the header Deiolabetween the pushes of the Genoa defenders in the area, and goes out to the side.
The second half.
In the second half Ranieri try to give a signal to the team: inside Lapadula, Nandez And Hoeout Di Pardo, Oristanio And Hatzidiakos. Cagliari seems to start with more determination and a slightly more offensive attitude. But we get to the 52nd minute with no opportunities, and Genoa risks a 3-0 lead Thorsby: Scuffet dives away. Cagliari’s first shot is Meadows, from distance, but the Genoa goalkeeper collects the ball without problems. At 56′ it is DeWilder to come close to making it 3-0 with a header, the ball just goes out. Cagliari responds, but Shomurodov he comes in roughly on a defender in an attempt to touch the ball, and gets a yellow. Lapadula struggle, Shomurodov he commits himself, but Cagliari is unable to enter the area. From a corner kick Lapadula he hits the ball anticipating a defender, but the ball goes out to the left of the Genoa goal.
Genoa scores 3-0.
At 62′ Obert in an attempt to clear a ball, he sends it to the feet of Gudmundsson, who puts it into the net. Cagliari has difficulty building. Despite this, he exposes himself to opposing counterattacks. Ranieri try to fix the shot with Azzi For Augello. The new player himself receives an assist from under goal Gaetano and hits the ball with his left foot. The ball goes out to the side. With 8 minutes to go he enters Mutandwa in the place of Augello. The new player receives the ball from Lapadula in the area, but shoots to the outside of the net. Then it’s Genoa who come close to scoring Vitinha, who joined a few minutes ago. Immediately afterwards Scuffet a rejects a through ball, being fouled by the Brazilian. The same Genoa player shortly after shoots again towards the goal Scuffet, which he rejects again. It is the last action of a Cagliari unrecognizable compared to the last outings. A performance determined by the many absences and probably also by the technical choices of Ranieri: this time the changes were not enough to straighten out the race.
Genoa Cagliari: the opinion of Gallura fans.
Cagliari’s defeat in Genoa, the rossoblu side, sparked huge debates among the rossoblu fans. Among those who see some questionable technical choices, Oscar Masala of Tempio: “Sulemana, Makoumbou, Nandez, Lapadula on the bench, unacceptable technical choices”. Another templeist agrees with him, Francesco Serra: “Now we risk a lot.” Disappointment with the performance by Giovanni Urgeghe from Palau: “The matches must be played in the best possible way, all of them.”
He sees the glass as half full Marco Piedmont, director of the Porto Rotondo Academy. “Ranieri said it, so many absent for one reason or another, I don’t think the coach wanted to preserve anyone for Lecce. Dossena, Mina, Viola injured, Luvumbo disqualified. We can’t afford it. Without Dossena and Mina we have no defense. Let’s remember that if we are in Serie A and we save ourselves it will be thanks to Ranieri, I’m sure we will save ourselves. With the squad he has at his disposal, that’s no small thing.” For Fausto Casano, an Inter fan from Arzachena, “Cagliari cannot do the turnover. Let’s hope he comes back with Mina, as the defense is unwatchable without him.” Stefano Sulas of Sassari adds: “The ship will arrive in port, with all due respect to many envious owls. Another coach would probably have been crucified. Ranieri is forgiven for everything, rightly so. His career and his palmares are a guarantee. Go and see who is relegated, teams that have significantly higher budgets than Cagliari. And if the team is saved it owes it to Ranieri. With any other coach they would have been relegated.”
Initial lineups.
GENOA (3-5-2): Martinez – Vogliacco, De Winter, Vasquez – Sabelli, Frendrup, Badelj, Thorsby, Martin – Gudmundsson, Retegui. Coach: Gilardino
CAGLIARI (3-4-1-2): Scuffet – Hatzidiakos, Wieteska, Obert – Di Pardo, Deiola, Prati, Augello – Gaetano – Shomurodov, Oristanio. Coach: Ranieri
Networks: 18′ Thorsby (G), 28′ Frendrup (G); 62′ Gudmundsson (G);
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