For the first day of Serie A, Sassuolo’s attractive team welcomed Cagliari to its turf. If this match could seem unbalanced on paper and given the final ranking of the last exercise, it was quite different today. Despite big opportunities, Domenico Berardi and Francesco Caputo were unable to make them happen and let a feverish Cagliari team live, creating very few opportunities. Only Giovanni Simeone tried, but the Argentine tactician’s son saw his head pass just above the frame. But while we thought we were heading for a scoreless draw, the same Giovanni Simeone managed to place, on this center of Joao Pedro, a magnificent header that ended his run in the corner of the goal (0-1).
Not far from seeing double three minutes later, the young Argentinian was this time flagged in an offside position. But it was without counting on the determination of the locals that the Moroccan international Mehdi Bourabia offered the point of the draw to his own on this marvel of free-kick that saw the ball rise above the wall before lodged in the skylight of the opposing goalkeeper. A draw that does not do anyone’s business, as these two teams would have liked to start with a victory (1-1).
