Cagliari put themselves comfortably mid-table with a spectacular Semih Kilicsoy scissor-kick volley the spotlight of their 4-0 win towards 10-man Hellas Verona.
This was an enormous relegation tussle, as Hellas had been in joint final place with Pisa , whereas the Sardinians had damaged away following back-to-back . Michael Folorunsho, Andrea Belotti and Mattia Felici had been nonetheless out injured, whereas the guests missed Rafik Belghali, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Tomas Suslov.
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CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 31: Elia Caprile and Mina Yerry of Cagliari shake fingers in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Hellas Verona FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 31, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Picture by Enrico Locci/Getty Photos)
Mazzitelli had the primary actual probability with a well-taken volley from the D, which Simone Perilli needed to fingertip spherical the bottom of the close to publish at full stretch.
Roberto Gagliardini was struggling after an early knock to the ribs and ultimately needed to be substituted, so new signing Sandi Lovric made his debut simply hours after finishing the switch from Udinese.
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Cagliari opened the scoring when Marco Palestra rode two tackles to tug again from the by-line, Adam Obert intelligently noticed Mazzitelli behind him and offered the help with a back-heel flick to drill in on the close to publish.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 31: Luca Mazzitelli of Cagliari scores his objective 1-0 in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Hellas Verona FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 31, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Picture by Enrico Locci/Getty Photos)
Sebastiano Esposito fired simply over from the sting of the field following one other robust Palestra run down the appropriate, then Semih Kilicsoy had the ball within the web with a spectacular scissor-kick volley on the again publish on Esposito’s cross after a nook. At first, he was flagged offside, however that call was reversed following the VAR evaluate.
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Issues went from dangerous to worse for Verona, as Amin Sarr obtained his second yellow card. Each had been for clumsy relatively than malicious challenges, getting into late on first Mazzitelli after which Ze Pedro.
CAGLIARI, ITALY – JANUARY 31: Present Emmanuel Orban of Hellas Verona in motion in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Hellas Verona FC at Stadio Sant’Elia on January 31, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Picture by Enrico Locci/Getty Photos)
Nonetheless, Hellas threatened with Daniel Mosquera’s deflected end looping up, forcing Elia Caprile to fingertip it over the bar.
Perilli scrambled throughout to push a Sebastiano Luperto snapshot around the close to publish and Lovric’s Verona debut didn’t final lengthy, as he went off with a minor damage.
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Cagliari added a 3rd late on when Perilli made a unprecedented response save on Michel Adopo’s header from a nook, however may do nothing on Ibrahim Sulemana’s follow-up.
Verona visibly misplaced all confidence and capitulated to a fourth within the closing minute, as Gabriele Zappa whipped a cross from the appropriate for Riyad Idrissi to nod in from shut vary. He solely has two Serie A objectives, each scored towards Verona.
Cagliari 4-0 Verona
Mazzitelli 36 (C), Kilicsoy 45+3 (C), Sulemana 84 (C), Idrissi 90 (C)
Despatched off: Sarr 51 (V)