Serie A | Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari: Sardinians fumble precious lead and now struggle

SASSUOLO, ITALY – APRIL 04: Andrea Pinamonti of US Sassuolo Calcio celebrates scoring his crew’s second objective through the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Cagliari Calcio at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on April 04, 2026 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)

Sassuolo turned it round after the Sebastiano Esposito penalty, as Ulisses Garcia and Andrea Pinamonti plunge Cagliari nearer to the relegation zone.

Each groups went into the break for worldwide obligation in poor kind, because the Neroverdi stay comfortably mid-table, however scraped one level from three rounds after their squad was decimated by a whooping cough outbreak within the 1-1 draw at Juventus.

Daniel Boloca, Fali Cande and Edoardo Pieragnolo have been long-term absentees, although Kristian Thorstvedt returned. Cagliari risked getting dragged again into the hazard zone after two factors in seven rounds, with Alberto Dossena suspended, Leonardo Pavoletti, Mattia Felici and Riyad Idrissi injured.

See the way it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Thorstvedt’s chest and volley flashed simply vast of the far prime nook, whereas Sebastiano Esposito’s try was charged down from 12 yards.

Esposito tried to interrupt via the center, however Jay Idzes flicked the ball away from his knee with a hand whereas stumbling, and VAR noticed the dealing with offence to award the penalty. Esposito transformed laborious and low into the close to backside nook, regardless of Arijanet Muric getting his fingertips to it.

Alessandro Deiola additionally examined Muric, however Armand Laurienté noticed his free kick fingertipped over the bar by Elia Caprile and Domenico Berardi’s shot from a nook kick routine was blocked off.

Sassuolo equalised after the restart, as Yerry Mina cleared a nook to the sting of the D, the place Ulisses Garcia was prepared to manage along with his chest and sweep on the half-volley into the underside nook. It was the primary Serie A objective for the January signing from Olympique Marseille.

Juan Rodriguez prevented Domenico Berardi going clear after a give and go along with Thorstvedt, however Deiola couldn’t preserve his header down on a Marco Palestra cross.

Luca Lipani scored inside minutes of coming off the bench, however was clearly offside on the Thorstvedt help.

It was only a warning, as Sassuolo did flip the sport round when Darryl Bakola flicked on a throw-in for Andrea Pinamonti, who gathered along with his again to objective, turned and threaded the end via a tiny hole into the close to backside nook from 12 yards.

Cagliari had an enormous probability to equalise in stoppages when Muric fumbled a easy cross, however Adam Obert couldn’t preserve the end heading in the right direction from a difficult angle when confronted with the open objective.

Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari

Esposito pen 30 (C), Garcia 50 (S), Pinamonti 78 (S)

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