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Zaniolo hit the post while Buksa scored to put Udinese ahead 1-0 against Cagliari in Serie A. The first half ended scoreless with minimal excitement.
🧨Zaniolo hits post, Buksa puts Udinese 1-0 up! Mlacic, miracle, injured 🚑
Cagliari and Udinese face off in the Saturday 3 PM match of Serie A’s 36th round at the Unipol Domus.
The first half between the two sides ends in yet another 0-0 this season, with little excitement.
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After nearly falling behind, Udinese manage to respond and step on the gas.
First Zaniolo put off his date with a goal once again by hitting the post, then in the 56th minute the Friuli side took the lead. A brilliant through ball from Solet found Kamara, who picked out Buksa for a tap-in in the middle of the box. It was the striker’s third Serie A goal.
Early in the second half, Cagliari came close to taking the lead when Seba Esposito fired from close range with the goal at his mercy.
Okoye was beaten by the ball, but Mlacic threw himself at it and desperately cleared it off the line. A scary moment followed as the defender then slammed his side into the post and had to be substituted in the 55th minute.
Udinese is currently leading 1-0 against Cagliari.
Buksa scored the goal for Udinese.
Mlacic was injured during the match.
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Shortly after the half-hour mark, Cagliari were awarded a penalty for a handball by Karlstrom, which immediately sparked controversy and led VAR to call the referee over for a review.
Here is Luca Marelli’s opinion: "Referee Dionisi awarded the penalty, probably on the advice of assistant referee Trinchieri. In my view it’s not a penalty: the bounce is quite strange and Karlstrom does everything he can to pull his arm away, which is in a natural position."
After reviewing the incident on the monitor, the referee overturned the penalty, citing Karlstrom’s arm being in a natural position as the reason.
CAGLIARI (3-5-2): Caprile; Zé Pedro, Dossena, Rodriguez; Palestra, Adopo, Gaetano, Folorunsho, Obert; Esposito, Mendy.
UDINESE (3-5-2): Okoye; Mlacic, Kristensen, Solet; Ehizibue, Piotrowski, Karlstrom, Atta, Kamara; Zaniolo, Buksa.
It is worth noting that Mina was supposed to start in defense for Cagliari, but he picked up a problem during the warm-up, so Pisacane opted for Rodriguez instead.
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