Cagliari-Inter 0-1 in the 45th minute: Caprile denies Esposito a second goal.

Cagliari had a tough first half, going into halftime trailing 1-0 against Inter: Çalhanoğlu scored early, and the Nerazzurri came close to doubling their lead several times.

Pisacane, forced to withdraw Mina at the last minute due to a calf strain, returned to the same lineup as Parma . The former Barella player was immediately booed, but in the ninth minute he provided the assist for the visitors' immediate lead: from the right, he found Çalhanoğlu with twenty meters, and the Turk's low right-footed shot caught Caprile, who remained motionless , 0-1. Inter's number 20 had also opened the scoring in the opening minutes against Monza eight days ago.

Lautaro Martínez nearly doubled the lead in the 23rd minute: he received the ball from a pass from Esposito, controlled it, and unleashed a powerful right-footed shot that went just wide, with Caprile diving this time. Two minutes later, Dimarco's free kick saw Akanji rise high and head the ball just wide . On the ensuing move, Caprile denied Barella's right-footed shot from outside the area.

Inter again in the 28th minute, with a great cross from Barella that finds Dimarco free in the center of the area: his powerful right-footed shot is lifted over the crossbar by a decisive save from Caprile . From the corner, the ball is cleared but not definitively, a counter-cross and a scramble in the box that favors Çalhanoğlu again: this time his right-footed shot is more powerful and even high.

After the cooling-off period, between the 30th and 32nd minutes, play resumed, and in the 33rd minute, Barella—a long run down the right— anticipated Caprile, who had come out empty-handed on the edge of the area, but Rodríguez made a providential recovery to prevent the former player from scoring, clearing the ball off the line . Two more minutes passed, and Sučić won the ball back from Fazzini and played it to Lautaro Martínez from the right; Deiola was decisive in blocking his shot, which was destined for the net. The Inter captain found Luis Henrique in the box in the 41st minute, but the Brazilian's right-footed strike went over. Before two minutes of injury time, in the 44th minute, Esposito back-heeled Dimarco, who fired wide. And in the 94th minute, at the start of injury time, Caprile denied him the second goal.