Football
Empoli vs Cagliari. Italian Serie A.
2:00pm, Sunday 3rd March 2024.
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross ArenaAttendance: Attendance11,223.
Match ends, Empoli 0, Cagliari 1.
Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Cagliari 1.
Attempt missed. Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Simone Scuffet.
Attempt saved. Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by M'Baye Niang.
Attempt missed. M'Baye Niang (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Cambiaghi with a cross.
Foul by Alberto Cerri (Empoli).
Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Razvan Marin (Empoli).
Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Empoli. Alberto Cerri is caught offside.
Youssef Maleh (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nahitan Nández (Cagliari).
Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
Substitution, Cagliari. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Gianluca Gaetano.
Substitution, Cagliari. Kingstone Mutandwa replaces Gianluca Lapadula.
Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari).
Simone Scuffet (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Yerry Mina.
Attempt blocked. Alberto Cerri (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Cerri replaces Sebastian Walukiewicz.
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Alberto Dossena.
Yerry Mina (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
M'Baye Niang (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
Substitution, Cagliari. Paulo Azzi replaces Tommaso Augello.
Substitution, Cagliari. Mateusz Wieteska replaces Jakub Jankto.
Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
Alberto Dossena (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
Attempt blocked. M'Baye Niang (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
Substitution, Empoli. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Liberato Cacace.
Substitution, Empoli. Emmanuel Gyasi replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Matteo Cancellieri.
Goal! Empoli 0, Cagliari 1. Jakub Jankto (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa.
Attempt blocked. Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jakub Jankto (Cagliari).
Attempt missed. Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt blocked. Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Gaetano.
Foul by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Liberato Cacace (Empoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
Offside, Empoli. Sebastian Walukiewicz is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tommaso Augello (Cagliari).
M'Baye Niang (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Empoli. M'Baye Niang replaces Mattia Destro.
Razvan Marin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) with an attempt from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Jakub Jankto.
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Antoine Makoumbou.
Foul by Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli).
Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli).
Attempt blocked. Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
Second Half begins Empoli 0, Cagliari 0.
First Half ends, Empoli 0, Cagliari 0.
Foul by Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari).
Attempt saved. Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Gaetano with a cross.
Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari).
Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Liberato Cacace.
Attempt blocked. Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Maleh with a cross.
Attempt missed. Mattia Destro (Empoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ardian Ismajli with a cross.
Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cagliari. Gabriele Zappa replaces Zito Luvumbo because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
Foul by Alberto Dossena (Cagliari).
Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto.
Foul by Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli).
Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Nahitan Nández.
Attempt missed. Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt blocked. Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
Attempt saved. Youssef Maleh (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Mattia Destro following a fast break.
Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
Attempt saved. Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gianluca Lapadula.
Delay in match because of an injury Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli).
Offside, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri is caught offside.
Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Sebastian Walukiewicz (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Cambiaghi with a cross.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.