Cagliari also beat Genoa and, with the 2-1 scored by Viola and Zappa , achieved their second consecutive victory in the championship, the third in a week including the Italian Cup.
Ranieri surprises with the inclusion of Hatzidiakos in defense and the movement of Goldaniga as fourth on the right, while up front the choice falls on Mancosu in support of Luvumbo and Oristanio . Gilardino also gives up a first striker, entrusting the attack to Gudmundsson and Malinovskyi.
The first half was blocked and passed by without emotion until the 36th minute, when the Cagliari defense forgot about Vasquez, who chipped Scuffet's crossbar from close range . Cagliari's reply with Luvumbo, who scores in the 40th minute, but after a foul on Vasquez: goal disallowed. The first half is all here.
For emotions we have to wait for recovery. Ranieri keeps Hatzidiakos and Mancosu in the changing rooms and replaces them with Viola and Zappa. Viola himself, in the 3rd minute, unlocked it with a left-footed shot just inside the area. Cagliari's advantage, however, did not last long: Goldaniga made a save in the center of the area and, behind him, Gudmundsson lobbed past Scuffet . Cagliari starts pushing again, Martinez saves on Luvumbo. Then in the 19th minute Petagna replaces Oristanio and the new substitute, in the 24th minute, serves Zappa who passes Martinez at the near post . High-tension final, with Genoa on the attack and Scuffet making a miraculous save, in the 47th minute, on Puscas . After 7' of endless injury time, the final whistle blows, Cagliari can celebrate again.