Parma-Cagliari is a match valid for the return leg of the Serie B play-off semi-finals and is played on Saturday at 20:30: odds, predictions, TV and streaming
A crazy match, which only Ranieri’s tears can fully explain. What happened in the first leg between Cagliari and Parma, with a resounding turnaround from 0-2 to 3-2 gives an idea of what football is. A beautiful game, never predictable. And thank goodness for that.
Nobody, after the guest’s one-two in the first half, believed that the islanders’ troop could succeed: yet Ranieri as well as his men on the pitch believed in it until the end. Until the very last second. And now Cagliari are the favourites, who have the chance in Saturday’s away match to play for the double result. A decisive factor. If we also add to this the fact that the squad of the former Roma coach’s team seems clearly superior to Pecchia’s, then the games are done. Yes, Cagliari, in addition to having the chance to go to the final, is definitely the favourite team in these playoffs.
You say, everything simple? Macché: Parma, especially at home in the regular season, has built its path with important victories. And they will surely sell their skin dearly. But Cagliari, not only physically but also mentally after Tuesday night’s match, have the cards in order to come out unscathed from the challenge of the Tardini. On the counter-attack, then, with someone like Lapadula up front, the islanders can strike at any time, and the contribution of the front line will be decisive in the fate of this match, which will have to be good at working as a glue with the team, trying to defend for what will undoubtedly be an immediate assault by Parma.
Ranieri, Cagliari coach (Lapresse)
The prediction
In this match the chances of both teams finding the way to the net are pretty good. In fact, they should really succeed. And then it could end in a draw, which would send Cagliari, what looks like the more prepared line-up, into the final. Yes, it could end that way.
The likely formation for Parma-Cagliari
- PARMA (4-2-3-1): Buffon; Osorio, Coulibaly, Cobbaut, Del Prato; Bernabé, Estevez; Man, Sohm, Benedyczak; Vazquez.
- CAGLIARI (4-3-1-2): Radunovic; Zappa, Dossena, Altare, Obert; Nandez, Makoumbou, Deiola; Mancosu; Luvumbo, Lapadula.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
