Series A
Serie A: Cagliari 2-1 Sassuolo – Bicycle kick wins it at the death
Cagliari snatched all three factors away from Sassuolo within the remaining three minutes of harm time, as an acrobatic 99th-minute bicycle kick from Leonardo Pavoletti sealed victory for Claudio Ranieri’s facet towards the 10-men Neroverdi.
The primary notable motion of the sport got here courtesy of Sassuolo. Andrea Pinamonti had turned properly and had put the ball on a sixpence for Matheus Henrique within the field, however a miraculous save from Simone Scuffet one way or the other stopped his header from crossing the road.
It took just some extra minutes for the guests to open the scoring. It was centre-back Martin Erlic together with his first objective for the Neroverdi with the second of glory. He rose highest to nod in a nook from the center of the realm, Sassuolo’s third set-piece of the sport.
Cagliari started to mount a good quantity of strain across the twelfth minute, swinging a sequence of crosses in from both flank, however each headers went broad for objective kicks.
The hosts managed to maintain the ball of their opponents half for the very best a part of the subsequent ten minutes and nearly discovered the equaliser from a nook on the nineteenth.
Nevertheless, a scramble of our bodies on the road prevented the ball from crossing the road, as was later confirmed by objective line know-how.
Although Cagliari pressed, it was Sassuolo who had completed the primary half with the higher share of the pictures on the right track with 4, all of which had come within the opening six minutes of the night.
Sassuolo put themselves in line for a nervy remaining half-hour of the sport when Ruan Tressoldi was proven his second yellow card of the sport with 62 minutes on the clock.
Whereas tussling with Gianluca Lapadula for an aerial ball on the midway line, Tressoldi lifted his leg to try to achieve management, however his shin made contact with the striker’s face, leaving referee Maurizio Mariani no selection however to brandish a second yellow for a high-foot.
Tressoldi’s teammates argued his innocence for a couple of moments afterwards, there was additionally some pushing and shoving, however the officiating crew had already made their choice.
Alessio Dionisi opted to take each of his wingers off at that time, bringing on defenders Gian Marco Ferrari and Marcus Holgrem Pedersen to try to hold Cagliari at bay.
Sassuolo’s adjustments went as anticipated, and the crew’s form started trying like a really defensive 5 on the again with a diamond in entrance of them. Although that they had the numerical benefit, it was by no means going to be straightforward for Cagliari to interrupt them down.
Ranieri’s males stored pushing, although, and received themselves a promising nook with three minutes left to go. Pavoletti’s highly effective header was heroically cleared off the road by Matheus Henrique.
Then, with 89 minutes on the clock, Sassuolo managed to interrupt out of their very own half, breaking three on three with the Cagliari defence.
A hat-trick of substitutes mixed as Samuele Mulattieri discovered Cristian Volpato on the left, who squared to Nedim Bajrami to faucet dwelling. There was one move too many within the transfer although, because the linesman had his flag up for offside. VAR finally confirmed the choice.
Cagliari quickly had the ball up on the finish of the pitch and received themselves one other nook on the 94th minute, with a short pause for some arguing in between.
Although the preliminary cross went too deep, the ball was retrieved by Zito Luvumbo and despatched again in in the direction of Lapadula, who took a spark off his chest earlier than smashing dwelling from 10 yards to ship the supporters behind the objective right into a frenzy.
The fourth official had signalled for seven minutes of added time initially, however after prolonged celebrations, there have been finally greater than 10 on the clock earlier than full-time.
That gave Cagliari the prospect to seek out the eventual winner. Yet one more looking out ball into the realm was despatched in, this time met by the pinnacle of Eldor Shomurodov, who teed up Pavoletti for an acrobatic scissor kick into the far nook in essentially the most dramatic of circumstances.
What a method to win it!
On the demise, Cagliari’s Leonardo Pavoletti grabs a incredible overhead kick winner!
pic.twitter.com/JLQgRYHqJr — Soccer on TNT Sports activities (@footballontnt) December 11, 2023
Cagliari, who had been dropping within the 93rd minute, had secured essentially the most unlikely of comebacks. Consequently, they’ve now lifted themselves out of the Serie A relegation zone and into sixteenth place, simply two factors and one place wanting Monday night’s opponents.
Cagliari 2-1 Sassuolo
Erlic (S) 7′, Lapadula (C) 90+4′, Pavoletti (C) 90+9′.
Cagliari
Sassuolo
Participant statistic
| 7′ | Martin Erlic
(Help: Armand Lauriente)
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| 9′ | Armand Lauriente | |||
| 35′ | Ruan Tressoldi | |||
| 43′ | Martin Erlic |
| Edoardo Goldaniga | 55′ | |||
| 63′ |  |
Ruan Tressoldi | ||
| 69′ | Andrea Consigli | |||
| Gianluca Lapadula
(Help: Zito Luvumbo)
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90+3′ | |||
| Leonardo Pavoletti
(Help: Eldor Shomurodov)
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90+8′ | ||
| 90+2′ | Kristian Thorstvedt | |||
| 90+4′ |  |
Samuele Mulattieri |
Match statistic
Cagliari
Sassuolo
Beginning lineups
Substitutes
