Serie A | Cagliari 1-0 Verona - Two in a row for Piccoli

CAGLIARI, ITALY – NOVEMBER 29: Yerry Mina of Cagliari and Lorenzo Montipò of Verona battle for the ball throughout the Serie A match between Cagliari and Verona at Sardegna Enviornment on November 29, 2024 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Photos)

Cagliari picked up their third win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona on Friday night due to a poacher’s purpose from Roberto Piccoli, which has lifted them above Roma and quickly into twelfth place within the Serie A standings.

Just one level separated the 2 sides earlier than kick-off, with either side having gained solely one in all their final 5 Serie A outings.

It was Cagliari who loved the lion’s share of possession on the evening, ultimately ending with 65% of the ball, whereas additionally trying 14 photographs over the 90, three of which ended up on course.

It took till the ultimate quarter of an hour for the impasse to be damaged, although.

Piccoli rounded off a superb crew man from a throw-in within the closing third. Antoine Makoumbou and second-half substitute Mattia Felici loved a neat change on the left flank, which freed the wing-back within the space.

Felici despatched a low ball in from the byline, which was convertedPiccoli on his first contact from the sting of the six-yard field.

A one-goal lead was sufficient for the hosts to cling onto for the rest of proceedings. They’ve jumped as much as twelfth place in Serie A because of this, and quickly sit above Roma, who’ve slipped into thirteenth.

Verona, in the meantime, keep caught in sixteenth lace with 12 factors from 14 matches, and will mathematically find yourself within the relegation zone by the tip of the weekend relying on upcoming outcomes for Monza and Como.