Cagliari wins in comeback, third loss in a row for Torino
Cagliari wins in comeback, third knockout in a row for Torino
Cagliari overcame Torino 3-2 at home in the 6 p.m. match valid for the eighth day of Serie A: the Sardinians under 2-1 turned the game around in the second half in four minutes. Thanks to this victory, Nicola's team è climbed to 12th place on nine points, while Vanoli's men ran into their third defeat in a row and remain stuck at 11.
Back-and-forth in the first half of the match at the Unipol Domus between Cagliari and Torino. The hosts, after a goal disallowed to Yerry Mina, found the 1-0 among controversy at 38' on a free kick disputed by the visiting team: Viola with a powerful left-footed conclusion put the Sardinians ahead. Three minutes later è came the answer of the granata: at 41' on the development of a corner Sanabria framed the 1-1 by anticipating Mina header, restoring the balance.
Sparkling resumption, the guests made the overtaking at 55' with Linetty, scoring with a right-footed shot from the distance. Down by a goal, Nicola revolutionized the team with three immediate changes to shake up his team (inside Palomino, Gaetano and Lapadula), and got the hoped-for effects by completely turning the game around.
At 74' Palomino scored the 2-2 on the development of a corner, decisive the Luperto bank for the insertion of the former Atalanta; at 78' è came the goal of the hosts’ overtaking. Coco in an attempt to anticipate Cagliari’s attackers on Piccoli’s cross sent the ball behind his own goalkeeper.
Tense ending, Torino coach Vanoli è was cautioned for protests. On the field, the granata tried to reach 3-3 with a very intense final siege, but the equalizing goal did not è arrive.
