Cagliari 1-1 Fiorentina: Draw after Joao Pedro missed a penalty
CAGLIARI. Cagliari and Fiorentina draw 1-1. J. Pedro scored the first goal (48') for Cagliari. R. Sottil settled the score 1-1 (75').
CAGLIARI. Cagliari and Fiorentina draw 1-1. J. Pedro scored the first goal (48′) for Cagliari. R. Sottil settled the score 1-1 (75′). Fiorentina couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (60%)
Both teams missed a decisive penalty. For Cagliari Ronaldo missed the penalty in the 68th minute. For Fiorentina Messi missed the penalty at the 7th minute.
Joao Pedro missed 1 penalty (68′) for Cagliari. Also, on the the opposite side, C. Biraghi missed 1 penalty (7′) for Fiorentina.
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano who was helped by Mauro Galetto and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.61 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 54%.
Match Statistics
Fiorentina was in firm control of the ball 60% while Cagliari was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Fiorentina was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Fiorentina to win the encounter.
Cagliari shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Fiorentina shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 4 yellow cards (G. Altare, W. Mazzarri, Joao Pedro and L. Ceppitelli). On the opposite side, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (C. Biraghi, R. Sottil and Y. Maleh).
Also, Fiorentina didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after A. Odriozola (Fiorentina) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (65′).
After this encounter, Cagliari will have 16 points to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Fiorentina will have 35 points like Roma to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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7'7'
C. Biraghi
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11'11'
G. Altare
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29'29'
C. Biraghi
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46'46'
M. Lovato
G. Altare
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47'47'
Y. Maleh
G. Castrovilli
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48'48'
Joao Pedro
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60'60'
W. Mazzarri
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60'60'
R. Sottil
J. Ikone
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65'65'
A. Odriozola
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68'68'
Joao Pedro
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68'68'
L. Venuti
K. Piatek
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74'74'
C. Kourfalidis
A. Grassi
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75'75'
R. Sottil
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75'75'
R. Sottil
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81'81'
Joao Pedro
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81'81'
L. Gagliano
H. Dalbert
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86'86'
L. Ceppitelli
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89'89'
Y. Maleh
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90'90'
M. Nastasic
R. Sottil
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90'90'
L. Ceppitelli
E. Goldaniga
Next match
Cagliari: Formation and Lineups
Cagliari started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Walter Mazzarri chose to play with the following team: Boris Radunović , Giorgio Altare , Edoardo Goldaniga , Adam Obert , Gabriele Zappa , Răzvan Marin , Alberto Grassi , Dalbert , Raoul Bellanova , João Pedro and Gastón Pereiro .
Substitutes
Cagliari made 4 changes: G. Altare for M. Lovato (46′), A. Grassi for C. Kourfalidis (74′), H. Dalbert for L. Gagliano (81′) and E. Goldaniga for L. Ceppitelli (90′).
Top player: Gastón Pereiro
Probably the most impressive player in Cagliari was Gastón Pereiro.
His rating is with 20 passes (75% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 9 crosses.
Fiorentina: Formation and Lineups
Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano , Álvaro Odriozola , Nikola Milenković , Igor Júlio , Cristiano Biraghi , Giacomo Bonaventura , Lucas Torreira , Gaetano Castrovilli , Jonathan Ikoné , Krzysztof Piątek and Nicolás González .
Substitutes
Fiorentina made 4 changes: G. Castrovilli for Y. Maleh (47′), J. Ikone for R. Sottil (60′), K. Piatek for L. Venuti (68′) and R. Sottil for M. Nastasic (90′).
Top player: Nikola Milenković
The player who no doubt impressed Fiorentina the most was Nikola Milenković.
His rating is with 36 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
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