Cagliari and the dedication to Gianluca Lapadula after a double against Ascoli: “Passion, determination, our bomber”

Gianluca Lapadula He has been one of the Peruvian players active abroad who has offered the best performance so far in 2023. And that is that he has accumulated six conquests with Cagliari in the B-series, which served to keep the team in the fight for a return to Italy’s highest category. In this sense, the striker received an emotional dedication from his club after scoring a brace in the 4-1 home win against Listen on day 29.

Through its social networks, the Sardinian club has made a publication in which it describes in an almost artistic way the contribution it has had ‘Lapa’ in the duel against ‘peaks’with words of praise and even comparing him to a renowned painter.

“Where the goalkeeper had arrived, he was faster. The second is passion, determination, hunger, quality: bench, run to the surface, touch of Azzi, winning goal. Try to stop it, our suicide bomber, Lapagol” underlines the text accompanied by a soccer ball.

As for the game, Cagliari They started losing after 19 minutes with a goal from Francesco Forte, who defined in the penalty area after a perfect pass from the right wing of Michelle Collocolo, with a rebound between the two to make it 1-0 in favor of Ascoli. . The marker did not move further in the first half.

For the second half, the owners woke up and turned things around. Here are the goals of Gianluca Lapadula. Defender Eric Botteghin fouled in his box against Marco Mancosu, until after a detailed review in VAR the referee awarded a penalty. The Peruvian striker was tasked with executing this action and the goalkeeper saved it, although he left a rebound which was grabbed by himself to score the temporary equalizer at 56 minutes.

Mancosu himself made it 2-1 with a half-range shot after an assist from ‘Bambinos’ at 61 min. And in the 84th minute, the former Pescara man netted his second after netting a header from Paulo Azzi’s remarkable cross from the left.

Finally, Gabriele Zappa appeared to score the fourth goal after taking advantage of an error in the rival’s exit and claiming victory, which places Cagliari seventh in Serie B on 42 points, 20 behind leaders Frosinone but six behind fourth place, giving them a place in the promotion semi-finals to Serie A.

The technician of Cagliari, Claudio Ranieriassured that Gianluca Lapadula It was essential for the team to turn things around. At halftime, there was a message from the shooter to his teammates to get the win. “Lapadula told his teammates to play with their souls, we couldn’t leave our stadium like that. It was a driving force and then the result is to everyone’s credit,” he commented at a press conference.

With these two scores, the 33-year-old has reached 13 so far this season and sits third in the top scorers table. He is only beaten by Walid Cheddira from Bari (15) and Matteo Brunori from Palermo (14). Taking into account that there are nine days left to play, he could overcome them and fight for the maximum objective, which is to return to the box. ‘Red Blue’ in Series A.

Also, to maintain this performance, Gianluca Lapadula he would arrive invigorated for the friendly matches of the Peruvian team against Germany and Morocco at the end of March. The Turin-born man is key to Juan Reynoso’s starting XI.