💥 3pm games | Cagliari and Torino near safety, Cremonese, Verona KO 📉 | OneFootball

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Cagliari-Cremonese and Torino-Verona kicked off at 3:00 PM — here’s how they went.

📌 CAGLIARI-CREMONESE

🔥 OKEREKE SLIPS IN THE 1ST HALF, ESPOSITO SETTLES IT: 2ND GOAL IN A ROW

Cagliari won 1-0 in the relegation battle against Cremonese, taking the Sardinians to 33 points, now +6 clear of the relegation zone, currently occupied by the Grigiorossi. Sebastiano Esposito’s goal proved decisive: the win was their first in 8 matches (since January 31).

In the first half, Cremonese started better, with Okereke failing to take advantage of two chances: first he slipped in front of Caprile, then headed straight at goal from Vandeputte’s cross. Cagliari suffered and only tried a few efforts late in the first half through Folorunsho and Palestra.

After the break, Cagliari improved on the counter, had several shots, and made it 1-0 in the 63rd minute: cross from Ze Pedro and a headed finish by Sebastiano Esposito at the back post. 

RANDOM STATS: this was S. Esposito’s 2nd consecutive goal (6 overall) after the one against Sassuolo. He had already managed that this season against Genoa and Juventus (Matchdays 12 and 13).

🔙 BELOTTI RETURNS TO THE PITCH AFTER 6 MONTHS

Late on, Andrea Belotti also returned to the pitch after 196 days since his cruciate ligament injury. The Gallo is a leader even from the bench: after the goal, in fact, he had run onto the pitch to celebrate furiously.

📌 TORINO-VERONA

💔 BLACK ARMBANDS AND A BANNER FOR YOUNG ISMAEL

During the first half, a beautiful tribute appeared in the Granata stands for Ismael Pistis, the Torino Under-8 talent who tragically passed away a few days ago. Torino’s players wore black armbands and, together with Verona’s players, also observed a minute of silence.

⚽ SIMEONE STRIKES EARLY, BOWIE AT THE END: LEVEL AT HALF-TIME

After the emotion, the action took over: Torino went ahead immediately through Simeone, who made the most of Pedersen’s lay-off, controlled the ball, sent Edmundsson the wrong way with a feint, and then beat Montipò with a precise diagonal finish.

Verona reacted, however, and found the equaliser late in the first half: a long ball from Montipò himself, Ismajli misread it, and Bowie took full advantage, racing through on goal and making it 1-1. Overall, the opening 45 minutes slightly favoured Verona, who were more consistent and dangerous after Torino’s early lead.

⚽ CASADEI SCORES HIS 5TH GOAL OF THE SEASON, THE BEST RETURN OF HIS CAREER

Torino regained the lead at the start of the second half, and once again it came through the same link-up seen in the reverse fixture: after Simeone had opened the scoring, it was Casadei who put the Granata back in front.

It all started with a play from Obrador on the left, who instead of hitting it hard chose a dangerous shot-cross into the middle: the midfielder timed his run perfectly, getting just enough of a touch to beat Montipò and make it 2-1. It was his fifth goal of this Serie A season, sixth overall including the Coppa Italia: without any doubt, it is the best campaign of the Italy international’s career.

🅱 Verona and Cremonese: relegation draws closer!

Thanks to this win, Torino move up to 39 points and take a concrete step toward safety, an objective repeatedly outlined by manager Roberto D'Aversa.

It is the opposite story for Verona, still stuck on 18 points and now edging ever closer to relegation. The gap to Lecce and Cremonese remains nine points, and the fixture list does not help: tough matches loom against Milan, Lecce, Juventus, Como and Inter. A miracle will not be enough to stay up — they will need something even more.

Cremonese, meanwhile, must hope for Lecce’s result, with Lecce facing Bologna tomorrow. The Grigiorossi’s schedule is difficult: they will have only one direct clash, against Pisa, while the other matches will be against Torino, Napoli, Lazio, Udinese and Como.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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