Lazio-Cagliari 2-1, Dia and Zaccagni scored

The Lazio defeats Cagliari 2-1 in the postponement on Monday evening of the eleventh matchday of Serie A, played at the Olympic stadium in Rome. For the home team, Dia scored in the 2nd minute and Zaccagni scored from a penalty in the 76th minute; Luvumbo’s guests momentarily equalized in the 41st minute. The Sardinians finish the match with nine men due to the red cards given to Mina and Adopo for a double yellow card. The Biancocelesti are third in the standings with 22 points together with Fiorentina and Atalanta, -3 behind leaders Napoli and -2 behind Inter; rossoblù instead stopped at 9 in 14th position with Como, Genoa and Parma.

It matches

Third victory in a row for Lazio and third defeat in a row for the Sardinians. The home team immediately started strong and broke the deadlock after just two minutes. Pellegrini takes a free kick with a poisonous left foot, the ball bounces in front of Scuffet who is unable to hold it: Dia with a tap-in makes it 1-0. In the 8th minute the visiting team shows up with a deep ball for Piccoli who, from a rather tight position on the right, still attempts a powerful shot, finding a deflection and a corner. In the 9th minute Rovella starts again in space, Adopo spends the foul to avoid worse trouble and is booked. In the 17th minute another yellow card for Cagliari: this time it’s Isaksen with his speed who forces Augello into a foul which costs him the yellow card.

In the 20th minute Lazio were close to doubling their lead. Castellanos in the midfield, in a central position, looks around for a solution, then suddenly, practically from a standstill, loads his right foot and shoots towards goal, hitting the post to Scuffet’s right. In the 25th minute, the first yellow card for the Romans was taken by Noslin who came in hard and late on Zappa. In the 29th minute another yellow card, this time for Mina, penalized for a foul on Isaksen. In the 32nd minute Lazzari crosses into the middle from the right, the Cagliari defense rejects and at the limit collects Isaksen who after a feint goes for a left-footed shot, deflected ball and corner. In the 36th minute Gila on the right makes a mistake and has the ball stolen by Luvumbo who enters the area from the left side, resists Lazzari but is now almost on the byline: he attempts the shot, but Provedel protects the post and only concedes the corner. In the 41st minute the Sardinians equalised. Prolonged action by the rossoblù, in the end Luvumbo with his back to the goal turns and shoots, with Gila deflecting it, deceiving Provedel.

Lazio starts again in the second half with Vecino replacing Noslin: 3-man midfield and attacking trident for Baroni. No changes in Cagliari. In the 4th minute a yellow card for Zappa who illegally holds Dia who had escaped him. In the 6th minute Adopo resists Guendouzi in his midfield and goes away with power, then he raises his head and sees Piccoli’s shot, serves it well in depth, the Cagliari center forward immediately tries the running right-footed shot from outside the area but sends it high . In the 14th minute the Capitoline players were close to taking the lead again. Lazzari crosses well from the right, Castellanos heads it but saves Luperto on the line. On the rebound there is Vecino who passes from two steps sure of scoring but finds an incredible save from Scuffet.

In the 16th minute Lazzari was booked for a foul on Piccoli on the edge of the area. In the 18th minute Baroni plays the Pedro card, who comes on in place of Isaksen. In the 20th minute Luvumbo was also booked for a foul on Lazzari. Fifth yellow for Cagliari. At 23′ double substitution for Nicola with Viola and Obert coming on for Gaetano and Augello. In the 28th minute Zaccagni’s moment arrives. He comes on in place of Guendouzi, who comes out rather nervous and throws a ball towards the stands. In the 31st minute Lazio regained the lead from a penalty. In an attempt to clear the area, Zortea kicks Pellegrini instead of the ball. Ayroldi has no doubts and the VAR control confirms. From 11 meters Zaccagni makes no mistakes and scores the 2-1.

In the 34th minute Cagliari loses two men in one fell swoop and is left with nine men. Mina shouts at Castellanos, then gives applause to the referee who whistles for the foul: the Cagliari defender gets the second yellow and subsequent red. Group of rossoblù players around Ayroldi to protest and among them Adopo says something too much. Another second yellow and another red in the space of a few seconds. At 36′ double changes for both teams. Marusic and Dele-Bashiru for Lazzari and Dia in Lazio. Cagliari responds with Palomino and Deiola for Piccoli and Luvumbo. The match basically ends with Lazio controlling the match without problems and coming close to scoring the third goal twice in added time. In the 46th minute Pedro lacks generosity and instead of shooting he looks for a teammate in the middle: Luperto saves everything. Shortly afterwards Castellanos flies into space, Scuffet saves and on the rebound Pedro shoots very high.