It was a nightmare Friday for Cagliari, with a 0-2 defeat against Empoli and the imminent withdrawal announced after the match by president Tommaso Giulini, during a very long press conference in which he showed all his discontent. But, almost at the same time, Cremonese beat Catanzaro 1-2 in the advance of the sixth day of Serie B , climbing to second place in the standings. The grigiorossi will be the rossoblù's next opponent, on Tuesday at 18:30 at the Domus for the round of 32 of the Coppa Italia in a one-off match. The winner goes to the round of 16 where, in December, they will face Juventus in Turin .
Success. The lead came in the 5th minute, with a cross from Castagnetti that surprised the opposing defense and ended up directly in the net. Catanzaro equalized in the 28th minute, with an insertion from the right by Compagnon who beat Fulignati with his left foot. But the last word of the match was for the Grigiorossa, when in the 88th minute Castagnetti launched Johnsen who with a great assist served Barbieri for the shot on goal, validated by the VAR after the assistant had initially called offside.
Focus on Cagliari. « There were seven unavailable for Catanzaro, we hope to recover some of them for these two matches in a few days », reports Cremonese coach Giovanni Stroppa, who after Cagliari will face Cellino's Brescia. « The boys are fine, however, so I have the possibility of playing someone else. We must improve further and provide continuity: to stay up there you need a positive streak. Now focus on Brescia and the cup match in Cagliari that we will try to honor in the best way possible ».
Even yesterday's top scorer, Barbieri, has a thought on Tuesday's match: "We have two important matches ahead of us between Cagliari and Brescia, we'll give our all to win them both ." In Serie B, Cremonese has ten points (leaders Pisa are on eleven, waiting for the other matches) with three wins, one draw and two defeats, eight goals scored and five conceded. In the Coppa Italia, they beat Bari in the thirty-second minute on penalties .