Napoli vs Cagliari, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie A
88': Kalidou KoulibalyCagliari snatch late shock win away to Napoli
Cagliari secured a smash-and-grab 1-0 win away to Napoli on Wednesday thanks to a late goal from substitute Lucas Castro.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 5': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 6': Offside, Napoli. Allan tries a through ball, but José Callejón is caught offside.
- 7': Offside, Cagliari. Robin Olsen tries a through ball, but Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
- 7': Foul by Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari).
- 7': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Foul by Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari).
- 10': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Attempt missed. Artur Ionita (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marko Rog.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 14': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fabio Pisacane.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 15': Artur Ionita (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 16': Attempt missed. Artur Ionita (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Fabrizio Cacciatore.
- 19': Attempt missed. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 23': Foul by Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari).
- 23': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Offside, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski tries a through ball, but Mário Rui is caught offside.
- 25': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
- 27': Offside, Napoli. Hirving Lozano tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 29': Christian Oliva (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 29': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli).
- 29': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Marko Rog (Cagliari).
- 30': Marko Rog (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Foul by Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari).
- 31': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli).
- 32': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 36': Attempt missed. Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by João Pedro.
- 37': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
- 37': Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Christian Oliva.
- 38': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 39': Offside, Cagliari. Artur Ionita tries a through ball, but Nahitan Nández is caught offside.
- 42': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
- 43': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 45'+1': Offside, Cagliari. Robin Olsen tries a through ball, but Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Cagliari 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Cagliari 0.
- 45': Substitution, Napoli. Kalidou Koulibaly replaces Nikola Maksimovic.
- 47': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 47': João Pedro (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari).
- 50': Attempt missed. Artur Ionita (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fabrizio Cacciatore with a cross.
- 53': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Christian Oliva.
- 53': Attempt saved. Kostas Manolas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
- 54': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ragnar Klavan.
- 54': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.
- 56': Foul by João Pedro (Cagliari).
- 56': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt saved. José Callejón (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
- 58': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 58': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
- 59': Attempt saved. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
- 59': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Robin Olsen.
- 59': Attempt missed. Kostas Manolas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 60': Marko Rog (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Dries Mertens (Napoli) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 64': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Marko Rog (Cagliari).
- 65': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kostas Manolas.
- 65': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fabio Pisacane.
- 66': Substitution, Napoli. Fernando Llorente replaces Hirving Lozano.
- 66': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 67': Foul by Artur Ionita (Cagliari).
- 67': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Cagliari).
- 69': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 70': Attempt missed. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Allan with a cross.
- 70': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fabio Pisacane.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 71': Attempt missed. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 72': Substitution, Cagliari. Lucas Castro replaces Marko Rog.
- 74': Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Cerri replaces Giovanni Simeone.
- 74': Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
- 77': Attempt missed. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
- 78': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Cagliari).
- 78': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Fabio Pisacane (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Fernando Llorente (Napoli).
- 83': Attempt blocked. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 83': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Charalampos Lykogiannis.
- 84': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ragnar Klavan.
- 85': Attempt missed. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mário Rui following a corner.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 85': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Fabio Pisacane.
- 86': Attempt missed. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mário Rui following a corner.
- 86': Foul by João Pedro (Cagliari).
- 86': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Goal! Napoli 0, Cagliari 1. Lucas Castro (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nahitan Nández with a cross.
- 88': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the red card.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Cagliari. Luca Ceppitelli replaces João Pedro.
- 90'+1': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Cagliari).
- 90'+1': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Artur Ionita.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Artur Ionita.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by José Callejón.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Napoli 0, Cagliari 1.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 0, Cagliari 1.
Statistics
 CAG |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 13 |
| 5 | Saves | 0 |
| 32.5 | Possession | 67.5 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 30 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 226 | Accurate Passes | 536 |
| 307 | Passes | 614 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 14 |
| 7 | Crosses | 37 |
| 0.6 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 13 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 17 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 40 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 40 | Clearances | 7 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 25,408
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 25,408
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 37 | +54 | 86 |
| 2 | Napoli | 37 | +21 | 73 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 37 | +19 | 70 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 37 | +26 | 70 |
Line-Ups
Napoli (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 5 | Allan  |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 7 | José Callejón |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 11 | Hirving Lozano |
Cagliari (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 90 | Robin Olsen (GK) |
| 15 | Ragnar Klavan |
| 19 | Fabio Pisacane |
| 22 | Charalampos Lykogiannis |
| 12 | Fabrizio Cacciatore |
| 10 | João Pedro |
| 17 | Christian Oliva |
| 6 | Marko Rog |
| 21 | Artur Ionita |
| 18 | Nahitan Nández |
| 99 | Giovanni Simeone |
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