First half with fireworks between Cagliari and Genoa: the primary 45′ finish at 2-2 after a good back-and-forth simply earlier than halftime.
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Within the first match with Daniele De Rossi on the bench (he was suspended at his debut), Genoa took the lead twice, first with Vitinha (his first objective within the league this yr) with a superb falling objective, then with Østigard, scoring his third objective in as many matches.
Nonetheless, Cagliari clings to the match with all its would possibly: first, they discover the equalizer with Borrelli’s header, then they shortly degree the rating at 2-2 with a lightning strike by Sebastiano Esposito.
🪂 Vitinha in a fall, Colombo…
Vitinha opened the scoring within the 18th minute with a objective scored “from the bottom,” very similar to Colombo’s within the final match.
It was Colombo who served him: Vitinha managed the ball and scored whereas falling, his first on this Serie A season.
Vitinha hadn’t scored because the final day of the earlier league towards Bologna.
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On the twenty sixth minute, one other likelihood for Colombo, however he squandered the attainable double by taking pictures the ball at Caprile.
👀 Equalizer on the road
Cagliari’s equalizer got here within the thirty third minute, crowning a second within the match the place the house workforce was on the rise.
Borrelli scored it with a header from a right-wing cross by Palestra. Some doubts about whether or not the ball had crossed the road.
The objective was validated by the referee whereas Cagliari’s curve embraced the scorer.
Rating is thus tied and the match heats up.
🤯 Østigard once more, two minutes of insanity
The match heated up considerably within the final 5 minutes of the primary half: first got here one other objective for Genoa, with the “ordinary” Østigard, a defender who has now developed a behavior of scoring.
A volley within the space assisted by Thorsby from a free-kick for the Norwegian: a central defender who has scored in every of Genoa’s final three matches, additionally offering an help to his teammates!
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Nonetheless, Cagliari instantly discovered the equalizer, this time scored by Sebastiano Esposito: Genoa’s protection was uncovered and a lightning shot from the sting of the realm.
The primary half thus ends with a pyrotechnic finale and a rating of 2-2.
Borriello, it is a brace
For the primary time, Cagliari took the lead an hour into the sport: Gennaro Borrelli scored once more, marking his first brace in Serie A.
An ideal cross from Zappa and an imperious header for the participant from Molise, who discovered house attributable to Belotti’s damage and scored his third objective of the season.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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