Serie A | Cagliari 1-1 Fiorentina: Viola stunned in stoppages

Robin Gosens crucially anticipated Gennaro Borrelli at the back post, then made an even more remarkable goal-line clearance when the Michael Folorunsho header on a corner squirmed under David De Gea’s body on 20 minutes.

Borrelli also turned wide from close range after Adam Obert managed to keep a long ball in play and Zito Luvumbo only meekly prodded his finish straight at De Gea.

Those proved costly misses, because Fiorentina took the lead soon after when Rolando Mandragora got away from Yerry Mina to nod in the Albert Gudmundsson cross from the right.

Moise Kean tested Elia Caprile at the near post after cutting inside from the left, but the striker incredibly volleyed over from point-blank range after a set play was flicked on to the back post.

De Gea kept the clean sheet intact with a crucial late one-handed save to push the Gianluca Gaetano daisy-cutter away.

However, deep into stoppages De Gea was surprised by the Sebastiano Luperto flicked header from 12 yards on the Gaetano free kick, fumbling it over the line for the Cagliari equaliser.

Cagliari 1-1 Fiorentina

Mandragora 68 (F), Luperto 94 (C)

24-08-2025 17:30 MatchDay 1 Unipol Domus (Sardegna Arena)

Cagliari

Fiorentina 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Adam Obert		43'
Gennaro Borrelli		45+1'

2nd half

		68'		Rolando Mandragora (Assist: Albert Gudmundsson)
		71'		Marin Pongracic
		79'		Pablo Marí
Luca Mazzitelli		82'
Sebastiano Luperto (Assist: Gianluca Gaetano)

90+4'     Semih Kılıçsoy

90+7'    

Match statistic

45 Possession % 55 14 Total shots 4 6 Shots on target 1 7 Shots off target 2 1 Blocked shots 1 3 Corners 2 1 Offsides 4 18 Fouls 14 Cagliari Fiorentina

Starting lineups

1

Elia Caprile Goalkeeper 33 Adam Obert Defender 75' 28 Gabriele Zappa Defender 6

Sebastiano Luperto Defender 26

Yerry Mina Defender 14

Alessandro Deiola Midfielder 75' 16 Matteo Prati Midfielder 61' 90 Michael Folorunsho Midfielder 8

Michel Adopo Midfielder 29 Gennaro Borrelli Attacker 81' 94 Sebastiano Esposito Attacker 61' 43

David de Gea Goalkeeper 2

Dodô Defender 6

Luca Ranieri Defender 46' 5

Marin Pongracic Defender 15 Pietro Comuzzo Defender 62' 27 Cher Ndour Midfielder 46' 44

Nicolò Fagioli Midfielder 21

Robin Gosens Midfielder 77' 7

Simon Sohm Midfielder 10

Albert Gudmundsson Attacker

72' 20

Moise Kean Attacker

Substitutes

21 Nicolò Cavuoti Midfielder 17 Mattia Felici Attacker 19 Alessandro Di Pardo Defender 24 Giuseppe Ciocci Goalkeeper 12 Velizar-Iliya Iliev Goalkeeper 22 Alessandro Vinciguerra Attacker 77 Zito Luvumbo Attacker 61' 4

Luca Mazzitelli Midfielder 61' 10

Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder 75' 3 Riyad Idrissi Defender 75' 9 Semih Kılıçsoy Attacker 81' 11

Abdelhamid Sabiri Attacker 9

Edin Dzeko Attacker 1 Luca Lezzerini Goalkeeper 30 Tommaso Martinelli Goalkeeper 29 Niccolò Fortini Midfielder 24 Amir Richardson Midfielder 60 Eddy Kouadio Defender 23 Eman Kospo Defender 61 Riccardo Braschi Attacker 26 Mattia Viti Defender 46' 8

Rolando Mandragora Midfielder 46' 18

Pablo Marí Defender 62' 22 Jacopo Fazzini Midfielder 72' 65

Fabiano Parisi Defender

77'