Cagliari's Survival Hopes Kept Alive With Last-gasp Leveller At Salernitana
Umer Jamshaid Published May 08, 2022 | 11:50 PM
Milan, May 8 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th May, 2022 ) :Giorgio Altare struck at the death to earn Cagliari a heart-stopping 1-1 draw at Salernitana which kept his team in the fight for Serie A survival.
With the match in the ninth minute of stoppage time and Salernitana leading thanks to Simone Verdi's 68th-minute penalty, Altare smashed home an unstoppable header to snatch a point just moments after the Sardinians had a penalty revoked following a long VAR check.
The 23-year-old ensured that Cagliari, who sit just inside the relegation zone, stay a single point behind 17th-placed Salernitana who looked desolate at the final whistle.
The chants rattling around the Stadio Arechi in Salerno vanished once Altare levelled the scores to stop the hosts from moving four points clear of the bottom three with two matches remaining.
Instead Davide Nicola's side, who are attempting a miracle escape act after being bottom of the division for most of the season, still face a fight in what will be a dramatic run-in.
Altare's leveller also meant that bottom team Venezia's top flight status is secure for at least another week. They won 4-3 at home over Bologna thanks to another superb stoppage time finish from Dennis Johnsen.
Norway's Johnsen won a thrilling encounter in Venice as the home team came back from 3-2 down in the final minutes after throwing away an early two-goal lead of their own.
"I think that as long as there's a theoretical chance that we can do it we just have to fight," said Johnsen, whose team trail Salernitana by five points.
- 'Inexplicable' penalty - Bologna, who welcomed back coach Sinisa Mihajlovic after the Serb was discharged from hospital in the week following lukemia treatment, stay 13th.
The away side were livid at the decision to award the soft penalty which Mattia Aramu slotted home to level the scores 12 minutes from the end.
Bologna had come back from going two goals down in the first 20 minutes to take the lead midway through the second half thanks to goals from Riccardo Orsolini, Marko Arnautovic and Jerdy Schouten.
But Aramu fell to the ground after the faintest of touches from Gary Medel and VAR confirmed a penalty decision which left Mihajlovic baffled.
"The penalty is inexplicable," Mihajlovic told DAZN.
"The referee practically ran off the field at the final whistle, like he was trying to get away or had a dirty conscience." Earlier Atalanta kept up their bid for European football next season with a 3-1 win at Spezia which meant their opponents are not yet safe from relegation.
Goals from Luis Muriel, Berat Djimsiti and Mario Pasalic took the three points for Atalanta on the Italian Riviera, moving Gian Piero Gasperini's side up to seventh and in with a shout of Europa League football.
After three straight seasons of Champions League action the best Atalanta can hope for is Europe's second-tier competition as they sit 10 points behind fourth-placed Juventus.
With Juve and league leaders Inter Milan contesting the Italian Cup final on Wednesday, the two Europa League spots can be earned through league placings.
Atalanta are level on points with Roma, who sit sixth and in the second Europa League berth ahead of their match at eighth-placed Fiorentina on Monday night.
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