Lecce-Cagliari 1-1, Oristanio responds to Gendrey

Lecce, 6 January 2024 - The challenge between Lecce e Cagliari it's a bit like wasted opportunities. We start from the Salento side, with the advantage of Gendrey, which arrived a bit by chance after a very uphill start to the match, which was not followed by the right hunt for the knockout blow: also the fault of a Kristovic now fasting for a lifetime and in general of an offensive phase that is not exactly crackling and too dependent on the creativity of the player alone Oudin. We move on to the Sardinian shore, deluded by a lightning-fast start before the freezing shower that arrived in the 31st minute: Oristanio he rebalances the situation in the second half, signing yet another comeback at the end of his team and allowing the rossoblù to overtake the Verona and to temporarily exit the relegation zone, the one from which the Giallorossi are now at a safe distance, in any case the target of some ungenerous boos from the discontented fans of the stadium Street of the Sea.

The official lineups

Baroni choose the usual 4-3-3, opened by Falcone, with Gendrey, Pongracic, baschirotto e Cock to complete the backward department: in the median there are instead Gonzalez, Ramadan e Kaba, while in support of Kristovic they act Oudin e Fatigue. Ranieri responds with a 4-3-1-2 that he foresees between the posts Scuffet, protected by Zappa, Goldeniga, Dossena e Augello: in the middle of the field it's up to Nandez, meadows e makoumbou, with Purple in support of the tandem composed of Oristanio e Petagna.  

First half

  Il Cagliari starts strong and immediately earns a corner thanks to an initiative by Nandez: Cock he makes a difference on this occasion and on the subsequent cross from Purple. At 4' it is Dossena with a header to scare the Lecce, who did not approach the challenge well before trying to recover in the 10th minute, when Fatigue cross to insert Gonzalez: the ball touches the outside of the net after a deflection of Zappa. At 15' Ramadan serves Oudin, the conclusion of which splinters the post: Scuffet it still seemed on track. The rossoblù earn two precious free kicks from the edge, but first Purple and then meadows they waste badly hitting the barrier. In away matches such wastes are paid and in fact, in the 31st minute, the Lecce breaks the balance with Gendrey, who makes the most of the great assist from a corner kick by Oudin and above all the collective sleep of the visiting defense. The Cagliari he doesn't fit and tries the prompt reaction with Petagna, who does everything well except for the shot, which was badly shot over the crossbar. At 38' Kristovic confirms himself as a distant relative of the relentless striker at the beginning of the season by sensationally missing a goal into an empty net: on the other hand he imitates him Augello, who sends it into the corner from an excellent position from the development of a corner kick. At 44' Oudin finds himself in front of a prairie that he can exploit to try to close the games, but the passage towards Fatigue turns out to be spectacularly wrong: on overturning it is no better than meadows, who tries (without luck) the counter-balloon conclusion. The last chance of the first half goes to Kaba, who makes a gap in his lane and then searches Cock: the ball arrives instead Augello, who in an attempt to sweep touches the own goal.

Second half

  The teams return to the field with the same personnel: there is one among them Oudin, who tries and finds in the 48th minute Cock, which is guilty of selfishness and scribbles out the conclusion instead of serving Kristovic, all alone in the center. At 59' Gendrey looks for an encore after a beat and return in the area of ​​the rossoblù defense, which this time saves itself as best it can: after after the ball reaches Cock, who draws a cross for the too weak header of Kristovic. If the Lecce he chews bitterly because he is unable to land the knockout blow, the Cagliari he does even worse and practically fails to mount any attempt at a reaction after the goal conceded in the first half: a difficult script to predict after a lightning-fast start to the match which seemed like the prelude to a performance of a very different caliber. At 64' Oristanio tries to make a charge for his team with a curling shot that ends up off target but which at least has the merit of interrupting the Giallorossi's monologue: shortly after Augello he puts in a cross which however is easy prey for Falcone, who gets his gloves dirty for the first time in this match. But never give it up for dead Cagliari of comebacks in the finals: it is no coincidence that in the 68th minute a somewhat unexpected equalizer arrived which bears the signature of Oristanio, which receives from Purple, pierces the Salento defense and mocks Falcone, who had performed a miracle but the ball was already over the line. Baroni he immediately calls to the bench Fatigue, rather discontinuous and also fresh from a warning and thrown into the fray Almqvist. The inertia of the race has now changed and the rossoblù are looking for a complete overtaking first with meadows and then with Purple: in the first case the reflexes of are needed Falcone to spit the Sardinian director's missile back onto the pitch, while in the second, directly from a corner, it is the outside of the post who saves a Lecce unexpectedly in disarray. The Giallorossi try to prove everyone wrong thanks to a Gendrey again in thrust: the mission is always to look for the head of Kristovic or the insertions of Oudin, but Dossena it is unsurpassable. Baroni throw into the fray Little ones for a Kristovic now from the wet dust, Angry for Gonzalez e Dorgu for Oudin, while in the parts of Ranieri everything is silent until the 86th minute, when Of Pardo detects Oristanio. At 87' the Cagliari he goes back to skid behind and almost takes advantage of it Almqvist, who takes aim but shoots out. Ranieri then insert deiola for an impalpable makoumbou and nothing more: who expects the entry of, among others, the comeback specialist Pavoletti (protagonist of a long warm-up but still bruised) is destined to be disappointed, with the1-1 final that crystallizes leaving both teams with more regrets than satisfaction.