Match highlights
Cagliari vs Salernitana highlights
How the goals came
12' Gianluca Lapadula opens the scoring for Cagliari → 40' Gianluca Gaetano extends Cagliari's lead → 51' Eldor Shomurodov extends Cagliari's lead (the winner) → 56' Grigoris Kastanos pulls one back for Salernitana → 58' Giulio Maggiore pulls one back for Salernitana → 76' Eldor Shomurodov extends Cagliari's lead. Full time: 4-2, Cagliari win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
12' Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) 1-0
Cagliari broke the deadlock against Salernitana after 12 minutes of their Serie A Round 28 meeting on 9 March 2024. Gianluca Lapadula's goal gave the home side a 1-0 lead. Cagliari did not give up that lead at any point for the rest of the match.
40' Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) 2-0
Gianluca Gaetano doubled Cagliari's advantage in the 40th minute. Coming after Lapadula's opener, his goal made it 2-0, and the home side went into half-time two goals ahead.
51' Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari) 3-0
Early in the second half, Eldor Shomurodov scored Cagliari's third in the 51st minute. The 3-0 scoreline gave the home side a three-goal lead, and it was the first of two goals Shomurodov would score in the match.
56' Grigoris Kastanos (Salernitana) 3-1
Three goals down, Salernitana finally got on the scoresheet in the 56th minute through Grigoris Kastanos. His goal cut the deficit to 3-1 and was the visitors' first of the match. Two minutes later, they would pull another one back.
58' Giulio Maggiore (Salernitana) 3-2
Just two minutes after Kastanos had scored, Giulio Maggiore struck in the 58th minute to make it 3-2. Salernitana, at one stage three goals down, had pulled two back in quick succession and were now within a single goal.
76' Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari) 4-2
With their lead cut to one, Cagliari restored a two-goal margin in the 76th minute through Eldor Shomurodov, his second goal of the match. The 4-2 proved to be the final score, as the home side ran out winners.
