Serie A: Cagliari scores a win in Udine with Maldini. Torino holds Palladino to a draw

Two matches from the fifth round of Serie A took place at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Bologna and Torino played to a 1-1 draw at the Dall’Ara in the first game of the Palladino era; Palladino replaced Domenico Tedesco as the Rossoblu’s head coach earlier this week. With this point, Bologna sits in 17th place with two points, two points behind Torino, which is in 14th place.

In the other afternoon match, Cagliari defeated Udinese 1-0 thanks to a second-half goal by Daniel Maldini. With this victory, the Sardinians temporarily join Roma and Inter at the top of the standings, while Udinese suffered its third straight loss and remains on 4 points.

Bologna-Torino 1-1
14′ Bernardeschi (B), 78′ Kulenovic (T)

The home team opened the scoring in the 14th minute with Bernardeschi: the former Juventus player beat everyone to Ismajili’s header off a cross from Miranda and beat Perri with his left foot to give the Rossoblu the lead. The first half was lacking in excitement, as Torino struggled to create chances and find openings in Palladino’s defense. In the 67th minute, Bernardeschi nearly doubled the lead with a curling shot that grazed the post, but in the 78th minute, the visitors equalized: Kulenovic scored the 1-1 goal thanks to a blunder by Bologna goalkeeper Skorupski.

Udinese-Cagliari 0-1
54′ Maldini (C)

After a first half with few highlights, the deadlock was broken in the second half the most talked-about player, Daniel Maldini, broke the deadlock, capitalizing on a mistake by the Friulian defense to recover the ball and beat Okoye with his left foot. Udinese stormed the Sardinians’ penalty area but lacked precision in the final meters. In the 73rd minute, Unai Gomez squanders a great pass from Zanoli; in the 83rd minute, Caprile makes a decisive save to prevent an own goal by Winks. Cagliari holds on and secures its fourth victory, moving within striking distance of the top of the table.