Venice is there. Thanks to the Inter school pair, Oristanio and Stankovic, they beat Cagliari 2-1 in one of the last calls for salvation and fell back in the wake of the Sardinians, who remained third from last but with the weight of the third defeat suffered in a row.
It is above all the goalkeeper, with a super performance, who puts the seal on a success that could be worth the start of the comeback for the lagoon players, after a first round at the bottom. Di Francesco in defense chooses the former Altare to replace Svoboda, out for the rest of the season. Up front the solution is in the phosphorus of Busio and Oristanio to inspire Pohjanpalo. Nicola proposes a formation with a robust midfield and with Gaetano supporting Piccoli.
The fear of losing is great and the teams study each other for a long time but it is Cagliari who prevails in managing the game, with over 70% possession. The first opportunity is precisely for the Sardinians: in the 31st minute, following a free kick from Augello, Mina directs a header under the crossbar, but Stankovic, emulating the skills of his father Dejan, works a miracle, instinctively rejecting it with a memorable header on the line. The scare wakes up Venezia who in the 38th minute, taking advantage of the only offensive produced, take the lead with Zampano, with his first goal in Serie A: the other former player of the day, Oristanio, takes the ball between the lines, passes Mina and delivers from the left his third assist of the season. The number 7 of the lagoon players only has to put the ball into the net, also thanks to Augello who mistimes the diagonal. In the second half the home team started strongly and came close to doubling their lead with Idzes, who put it over the crossbar just two meters from goal.
Nicola inserts Lapadula for Deiola, trying to increase the support at an isolated Piccoli. It's Venezia that has the momentum of the match: Andersen tries from outside in the 10th minute. Oristanio also seeks glory: his diagonal shot in the 13th minute goes just wide. In the 17th minute the lagoon players also found the second goal with Oristanio who, following an assist from Pohjanpalo, beat Sherri on the way out. The VAR shuts down Penzo's scream: offside there is a cleat from the Finnish striker's shoe. The great chance for an equalizer comes in the 20th minute: on a cross from the right Gaetano is alone in the small area, but the header goes over the crossbar. The old adage holds true and after a missed goal Venezia doubled their lead, with Sverko: in the 23rd minute he recovered the ball from Piccoli, jumped two opponents like skittles, took advantage of a rebound and, already falling, almost touched the ground, eliminating Sherri . Nicola also throws Pavoletti into the fray and the move pays off immediately: in the 31st minute Augello crosses from the left and the ram scores with a header. Cagliari poured into the opponent's half of the pitch: in the 35th minute Zappa unleashed a whip and Stankovic removed the ball from the top corner. A few moments pass and the goalkeeper acts like a phenomenon: first he repels Lapadula's turn from a few steps away, the ball returns to the center forward and the goalkeeper sacrifices himself, miraculously saving a goal already scored from the ground. In the 43rd minute Lapadula would have another chance to equalize, but he misses the control and allows Altare to avoid the danger. In full recovery it is the other new substitute, Felici, who has the decisive ball at his feet, but Stankovic pulls down the shutter and with his calling hand extinguishes the Sardinians' last hopes. THE NEWS
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