Serie A. Round 28
Cagliari. “Unipol Domus”
Cagliari – Genoa 1:1
Goals: Viola 18 – Cornet 47
Ruslan Malinovskyi is back on the pitch! For the first time since September, when he suffered a serious injury. He returned to the Genoa squad on February 17, but spent three games in a row on the bench. Today, he finally got some minutes, coming on as a substitute for goal scorer Maxwell Cornet in the 75th minute.
It should be noted that the substitution took place due to an injury to the Ivorian, who played as a right winger. There was no other experienced winger in the application. There was a fullback Sabelli, who occasionally played on the right flank of the attack, but Patrick Vieira still decided to release the Ukrainian, who also played in this position more than once. First of all, in Atalanta.
Ruslan played mostly in the center of the field. Distributing the balls. Although he sometimes appeared on both flanks. However, he was unable to actively participate in the game. The fact is that Genoa held the ball for a few minutes after this substitution, but then retreated into deep defense and fought back. The Ukrainian himself had to kick the ball out of his penalty area once.
His statistics are four passes (two accurate), six touches of the ball, one knocked ball out, one won aerial duel. Three duels in total, two of which were won. Two turnovers, one earned foul.
Overall, Cagliari had a certain advantage in the match, but played poorly, as did their opponents. The Sardinians' goal at the start was disallowed due to a slight offside. Piccoli then assisted Viola, who scored at the entrance to the penalty area. Soon, Coman almost made the score 2:0 with a free kick. But he hit the post. And Ekuban crossed to Corne, who equalized the score.
Genoa have drawn their second league game in a row. They have won just once in their last six but lost just once in their last five. They are 12th, ten points above the relegation zone. Cagliari have won once in their last seven league games, drawing two and losing four. They are 14th, four points above the relegation zone.
www.ua-football.com