The first half of Como-Cagliari ended 0-0, but the refereeing was questioned. The Rossoblu had scored with an own goal by Álex Valle on Palestra, which was disallowed after three minutes by VAR for an alleged foul by the winger on the Spaniard early in the move.
The Rossoblu lined up in a 4-3-3 formation , with Gaetano playing left midfield alongside Folorunsho, who moved to center-right . The first chance came in the 9th minute, with a nice pass from Nico Paz to Morata, who tried to dribble past Mina. The Colombian touched the ball, sending the striker wide, and Caprile saved his cross from the byline. For the Rossoblu, in the 14th minute, Palestra crossed, and Felici headed wide.
Cagliari would have scored in the 19th minute, with an own goal by Álex Valle, who deflected (almost entirely by chance) a Palestra cross set up by Gaetano. But referee Pezzuto was called to the monitor and, after three minutes, disallowed the goal because he saw a foul by Palestra himself on Álex Valle, not on the play that led to the goal but at the start of the move, about ten seconds before the goal . It was a much-discussed incident.
Caprile once again proved his worth after yesterday's call-up to the national team in the 34th minute when he parried Addai's left-footed shot that had bounced in front of him . From the corner, he was fouled by Diego Carlos, requiring medical attention. A few minutes after the restart, the Cagliari goalkeeper still had to be ready: in the 38th minute, a corner was cleared on the edge of the box, Nico Paz dropped his left foot and Caprile sprawled to his right. On the ensuing move, Como made a mistake, as Felici entered the box and fired a right-footed shot, but Butez saved in two stages.
Morata had a great chance in the 40th minute, chesting a cross from the right into the box, but when he was about to shoot, he incredibly missed the ball . Valle came on as a substitute, but his right-footed effort was blocked by the Cagliari defense. In the three minutes of added time, Obert crossed, and Folorunsho almost found the winner.
