Udinese immediately rears its head again: Lucca and Davis knock out Cagliari
Udinese-Cagliari 2-0
Udinese immediately erased the San Siro knockout against AC Milan and regained victory in the opening match of the ninth day of Serie A. The Friulans, in fact, won at the "Bluenergy Stadium" 2-0 over Cagliari, which è remained in ten minutes due to Makoumbou's expulsion suffered in the 30th minute of the first half.
The first chance of the match came for Udinese on 23’: Lucca, with his back to the goal, worked a ball well for Lovric who kicked with first intention, finding a comfortable parry by Scuffet. On the half-hour comes the key episode of the match: after being cautioned in the first minutes of the match, Makoumbou loses a bloody ball in midfield and is forced to land Payero, who had sprinted towards the goal, earning his second yellow card and leaving his team in ten. It took Udinese six minutes to take advantage of numerical superiority: Kamara kicked a corner into the middle, finding Lucca, who netted a header past Scuffet.
In the resumption è Cagliari to have more the ball of the game, but it is the hosts to go moreù close to doubling, sinceé at 64’ Ehizibue is sent in face-to-face with the goalkeeper, but he tergivers at the time of the shot, thus giving&rave; time to the islander rearguard to intervene and ward off the danger.
After the pinwheel of changes, the hosts placed the knockout blow at’79’: Davis, in personal action, evades Luperto’s marking and shoots at’the cross of the posts, finding his first league center.
Thanks to this success, Udinese climbs to fourth place with 16 points, while Cagliari remains in 15th place with nine points.
