Cagliari's save, Atalanta knocked out. Genoa blitz in Verona

John

By John

Cagliari-Atalanta 2-1
Markers: 13' pt Scamacca, 42' pt Augello; 43' st Viola.
Cagliari (4-4-1-1): Scuffet 6; Nandez 6 (34' st Zappa 6), Mina 6.5, Dossena 6, Augello 7 (34' st Azzi 6); Oristanio 6, Makoumbou 6, Sulemana 6.5, Deiola 6 (41' st Wieteska sv.); Gaetano 6.5 (34' st Viola 7); Shomurodov 7 (21' st Luvumbo 6.5). Coach: Ranieri 7.
Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi 6; Toloi 5, Djimsiti 5.5, Kolasinac 5.5; Hateboer 5.5 (1' st Bakker 5.5) (41' st Ruggeri sv), De Roon 6, Ederson 6.5, Zappacosta 6 (21' st Holm 6); Koopmeiners 6 (10' st De Ketelaere 5.5); Lookman 6.5, Scamacca 7 (10' st Touré 5.5). Coach: Gasperini 5.5.
Referee: Rapuano of Rimini 6.5.
Note: Booked: Deiola, Luvumbo, Nandez, De Roon, Zappacosta, Toloi. Corners: 4-4. Recovery: 2'; 5'.
Cagliari. Great achievement by Cagliari who beat Atalanta in the final with a goal from former Reggio player Viola and relaunched themselves in the race for salvation.

Verona-Genoa 1-2
Markers: 8' pt Bonazzoli, 45' pt Ekuban, 13' st Gudmundsson.
Verona (4-2-3-1): Montipo 6.5; Centonze 6, Coppola 6, Dawidowicz 5, Cabal 5.5; Duda 6 (1' st Dani Silva 5.5), Serdar 6 (38' st Folorunsho sv); Suslov 5.5 (17' st Mitrovic 6), Bonazzoli 7 (28' st Henry 5.5), Lazovic 6 (17' st Swiderski 6); Noslin 5.5. Coach: Baroni 6.
Genoa (3-5-2): Martinez 5.5; De Winter 5.5, Bani 6, Vasquez 7; Sabelli 6 (33' st Spence sv), Messias 6.5, Badelj 6 (21' st Bohinen 6), Frendrup 6, Haps 6.5; Ekuban 7 (21' st Thorsby 6.5), Gudmundsson 7 (43' st Ankeye sv). Coach: Gilardino 6.5.
Referee: Manganiello of Pinerolo 6.
Note: Booked: Centonze, Gudmundsson, Duda, Serdar. Corners: 5-3. Recovery time: 2', 5'.
Verona. Genoa passes to Bentegodi thanks to the usual Gudmundsson and gets into trouble against Verona who remains just one point away from the relegation zone.