2023-12-11 21:49:24
Minutes following receiving a hard blow to the face, Lapadula scored a great goal to make it 1-1 for Cagliari over Sassuolo. His appearance was a twist in history and moments later Pavoletti signed the comeback.
If there is something that has characterized Gianluca Lapadula throughout his career, beyond his goals and his ability to appear at the most opportune moment, it has been a warrior spirit, the one that once broke his nose defending the colors of the Peruvian National Team in the Copa América 2021. Today he demonstrated it once more and in what way: following having received a hard blow to the face – which left his nose bloody -, the national forward continued on the field and scored the partial 1-1 in the minutes of stoppage time (90’+4), thus leading Cagliari’s comeback once morest Sassuolo following Leonardo Pavoletti’s subsequent goal (90’+9).
Before everything was celebrating and hugging, ‘Lapagol’ went through a moment of fear following receiving a criminal kick from Ruan at 62′, which led to the visitors being left with 10 players. Our compatriot had to be treated by Cagliari’s medical department and instead of being substituted, he continued to command his team’s attack, aware that they needed him to turn around this complicated match.
Thus, when referee Maurizio Mariani had added the minutes of replacement, those led by Claudio Ranieri continued pushing forward, aware that there was no other way to try for a miraculous tie. Lapadula entered the area and, pushing with the Sassuolo centre-backs, tried to find a loophole to score, something that finally happened in the 94th minute.
After a cross passed from the left, Zito Luvumbo controlled the ball as best he might and took out two opponents before finding space to center once more towards the goal. When everyone thought – wrongly – that no one would be able to finish, Lapadula lowered the ball with his chest and made space for an unapproachable right hand, impossible for goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.
But the story didn’t end here. With the clock ticking and the fans pushing at the Unipol Domus, Cagliari continued to push forward to make the comeback a reality. Here Luvumbo’s ease appeared once more to cross from the left, the patience of Eldor Shomurodov to bring the ball down and the quality of Leonardo Pavoletti to, as if his life depended on it, throw himself backwards to score a great goal from Chalaca.
With the score at 2-1 and the discounts going between the hubbub and emotions running high, Cagliari achieved its third victory of the season and managed to move a little further away from the relegation zone. Likewise, Gianluca Lapadula, who was key in this comeback that will remain in memory, scored his second goal of the season and his first in Serie A – the other was scored once morest Udinese, in the Italian Cup.
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