Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, November 23, 2014
Cagliari DWDLD 3
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Napoli WDWWW 3
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CAG123
NAP213
Diego Armando Maradona · 45,413 att.

Match Report

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Napoli denied by Diego Farias in six-goal thriller vs. Cagliari

Cagliari twice came from behind to register an impressive 3-3 draw against Napoli in what was a thrilling end-to-end encounter at the San Paolo.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
5
39.6
Possession
60.4
11
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
296
Accurate Passes
493
378
Passes
586
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
33
Long Balls
77
14
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
21
13
Tackles
26
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 4HenriqueCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 88Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 77Walter GarganoRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 6Jonathan de GuzmánAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

CAG · 4-3-3

  1. 27Alessio CragnoG
  2. 15Luca RossettiniCD-L
  3. 32Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 21Antonio BalzanoLB
  5. 14Francesco PisanoRB
  6. 4Lorenzo CrisetigCM
  7. 20Albin EkdalLM
  8. 16Daniele DessenaRM
  9. 7Andrea CossuF
  10. 17Diego FariasLF
  11. 23Víctor IbarboRF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam.
  2. 30' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 0. Gökhan Inler (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 38' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 1. Víctor Ibarbo (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Balzano.
  4. 44' Diego Farias (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 47' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 2. Diego Farias (Cagliari) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Luca Rossettini with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  6. 53' Francesco Pisano (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 59' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Goal! Napoli 3, Cagliari 2. Jonathan de Guzmán (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Maggio with a cross.
  9. 63' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Gökhan Inler.
  10. 67' Goal! Napoli 3, Cagliari 3. Diego Farias (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Víctor Ibarbo.
  11. 77' Substitution, Cagliari. Godfred Donsah replaces Daniele Dessena.
  12. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Miguel Britos replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.
  13. 83' Substitution, Cagliari. Marco Capuano replaces Francesco Pisano.
  14. 90' Substitution, Cagliari. Caio replaces Víctor Ibarbo because of an injury.

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