Cagliari goes 1-0 down to Modena at half-time and with one man down due to Rog's expulsion.

Ranieri confirms Cagliari victorious with Spal for ten elevenths, with Luvumbo preferred to Falco alongside Lapadula and with Rog replacing the injured Nandez. And the Croatian plays as an attacking midfielder, sticking to Modena Gerli's point guard. Or at least it tries. Because it is precisely the hosts led by the former rossoblù Tesser who command the match, even if to see a first attempt at a shot you have to wait for the 21st minute, with a high header from Falcinelli. In the 22nd minute, naivety by Makoumbou, who doesn't notice Falcinelli and, trying to sweep away, knocks down the attacker. After a long check at the Var, the referee decrees the penalty, scored by Diaw (25 ').

Cagliari's reaction was all in a scrum thwarted by Gagno and a cross-shot by Luvumbo, again intercepted by the goalkeeper. That's all and the teams go to rest with Modena ahead. As that wasn't enough, in the 47th minute the rossoblù were down to ten due to an at least questionable decision by the referee, who transformed a foul suffered into a foul committed and expelled Rog for a second yellow card. That's enough for the first half.