With Cagliari's victory over Siena, Professor Ivo was looking at the Italian cup table.
Juventus would be their next opponent after beating Bologna 1-0.
Atalanta beat Palermo 1-0 and moved on to the Quarterfinals and will have to face Napoli, who beat Pescara 2-1 in extra time.
Inter had managed to beat Lazio easily 2-0 and would take Milan who beat Roma 1-0 being a game between giants in the quarterfinals, practically most fans and people who like football put the 2 as favorites to win the cup and now one of them would leave the cup early.
The craziest game they had was the game between Sampdoria and Chievo who tied 1-1 went to extra time and the two managed to tie the game to 2-2 going to penalties where Sampdoria uses their trademark penalties to get through to the quarterfinals and would take the Parma team that beat Torino in a game difficult enough that there were 7 goals in a game Parma tied with him within the 90 minutes and won in extra time making 2 goals ending the score 4-3 .
Looking at this table it can be funny, but Juventus is a team that we can beat head-on this season, the problem is if we face Pescara in the semifinals, they are our worst opponents, they are a team that can drag the game and are very lucky. (Ivo)
The worst thing is that we practically already have a predetermined opponent for the final if we get there, which will be Milan or Inter. (Ivo)
Sir, I can simply say that I am more afraid of teams like Pescara, Chievo and others because they completely lock up their game at the rear making it almost impossible to get into the area while teams like Milan, Juventus, Napoli, Roma we need to be careful with their attack, because from your defense I can pass. (Usman)
Little Gladiator I hope you don't let your guard down because you're playing against the same team you played 2 days ago. (Ivo)
Why would I download? (Usman)
I don't know, but I have to warn you so that this does not happen so far this year you own more than 50% already made by the team simply you are growing so fast that the opposing teams are not able to keep up with the growth of your skill and probably neither will your companions in time. (Ivo)
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Well even if you say that when we are champions it's not just me who's a champion, but the team, so simply to be a champion I have to have a team capable enough to make me play at my best and who knows how to overcome my limits it depends not only on my focus, but on my harmony with my teammates :D.
It's a pity that I won't be able to have you for a long time, nor will I be able to pay you back in a few years even if we are champions of everything, our city is too small to house giants for a long time, but I will make the most of this saga. (Ivo)
As the team would face Siena twice in a few days Ivo decided to make changes in the team.
GK Avramov 25
CB Camilleri 2 Astori 13 RB Pisano 14 LB Agostini 31
DMF Conti 5 © CMF Dessena 21 Nainggolan 4 AMF Cossu 7
CF Nenê 18 and Usman 10
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GK Ruzittu 12 CB Rossettini 15 Ariaudo 3 CMF Eriksson 16 and Slot 11 AMF Cepellini 32 CF Sau 27 Pinilla 51
The team they would face from Siena also changed players.
GK Campagnolo
CB Paci, Neto and Terzi
DMF G' D Agostino LMF Mannini CMF M. Buchel e Vergassola RMF Valiani
CF Calaio and Bogdani
The game starts Nenê takes the first touch of the ball, Usman touches the ball to Cossu, Cossu touches the ball to Dessena, Dessena backs off Astori, Astori plays an overhead pass to Usman, Usman touches it to Conti, Conti touches it to Cossu, Cossu tries to dribble Paci and Agostino passing between them the ball passes, but he is stopped by the duo losing the ball, the ball is caught by Agostino, Agostino, Agostino touches it to Vergassola, Vergassola drives the ball forward and touches it on the right in Valiani, Valiani he tries to drive the ball and dribble past Dessena, but Usman who is coming behind him on the way back manages to close his path to pass at this moment, Agostini steals the ball and advances to the attack leading it.
Agostini makes a pass to Nenê inside the area, Nenê manages to reach the ball and finishes it in the goal through the right corner on the left side of the goalkeeper, the ball goes over him and enters the goal.
Gooooooooool! From Nenê he scores for Cagliari in the 6th minute of the game.
Cagliari 1-0 Siena
Bogdani restarts the game touching for Calaio, Calaio touches for Agostino, Agostino touches for Vergassola, the pass is intercepted by Usman who steals the ball and advances towards Siena's goal, Agostino tries to recover the ball, but cannot and Usman goes inside the area and finishes the ball.
Usman's shot comes out strong d+ causing the ball to go over the crossbar in the right corner of the goal.
Campagnolo restarts the game with a kick to the center the ball is disputed by Calaio and Conti, the ball goes down and hits Calaio who cannot control it and falls to the ground, at this moment Conti manages to pick up the ball and pass it to Usman, Usman again drives the ball towards Siena's goal, dribbling Terzi and following the path.
Usman enters the area and finishes the ball in the goal diagonally to the right corner of the goal, the goalkeeper manages to put his hand on the ball and deflect it, but cannot save it from entering the goal.
Gooooooooooooool! It's his Usman, he scores the 2nd goal for Cagliari.
Usman simply ran towards the corner flag as he jumped, the fans of the stadium simply started jumping from their seats, saying "Usman I love you" Usman you are so beautiful" "Usman better than Phenomenon" while simply throwing punches to the heavens .
Usman was simply on the spot blowing kisses to his fans and waving at them.
The game restarts with Bogdani tapping to Calaio, Calaio tapping to Agostino, Agostino tapping to Buchel, Buchel tapping to Mannini, Mannini dominates and tries to keep driving down the wing.
Mannini manages to dribble Pisano and enter the area crossing to the other side in Bogdani, but the ball passes by everyone and stops on the other side of the side, at this moment the first to reach it is Agostini who dominates it and touches Astori, Astori dominates and passes to Pisano who is in front of him, Pisano receives and touches Nainggolan, Nainggolan dominates the ball and touches Usman ahead, Usman cannot control the ball because the pass went in a direction close to Agostino who manages to kick the ball to Terzi before Usman catches it, Terzi dominates and touches Valiani, Valiani returns it to Terzi, Terzi touches it to Neto, Neto makes a pass to Buchel, but the ball is intercepted by Pisano, Pisano manages to head the ball to Nenê.
Nenê dominates the ball and simply tries to find a way to dribble Paci failing he touches the ball in Conti, Conti touches the ball to Usman, Usman tries to advance towards the goal driving it and loses the ball with Agostino managing to hit it.
Valiani chases the ball that was taken from Usman and dominates it, looking around the field he touches the ball to Agostino, Agostino dominates the ball and passes it to Buchel, Buchel manages to dominate it and touches it to Bogdani, Bogdani touches the ball in Calaio who was being marked by Camilleri, Calaio manages to keep the ball protected and drives it backwards and luring Camilleri away from his area, but in return the other players were retreating.
Calaio, after moving away from Camilleri, manages to turn towards the Cagliari goal and passes the ball to Bogdani, Bogdani tries to drive the ball towards the goal and loses it through clever marking by Agostini, Agostini dominates the ball and retreats towards the own goal touching Camilleri who is in the half moon, Camilleri passes the ball to Pisano, Pisano receives it and passes it to Nainggolan, Nainggolan passes it to Usman, Usman heads the ball to Dessena, Dessena touches the ball to Pisano, Pisano touches the ball to Nenê, Nenê manages to pull her to the left and play for Usman who was free running towards the area.
Usman receives the pass and enters the area, Campagnolo manages to anticipate the play, Usman seeing Campagnolo tries to cover him up, but the ball goes a little too much and goes over the goal, scraping the crossbar from the outside.
Campagnolo puts the ball into play sending it wide, the ball lands next to Dessena and Buchel who are fighting for it, the ball hits Buchel but is not controlled and goes towards his northwest, Dessena chases it and dominates it touching the ball in Cossu, Cossu dominates the ball and attracts his marker retreating to his court, when he sees that he has moved away from him, Cossu turns and touches the ball to Dessena, Dessena receives it and passes it to Usman, Usman dominates the ball and pulls to the left trying to dribble Paci, Paci manages to hinder him hitting the ball and sending it to the west of Usman, Usman does not simply give up and chases the ball managing to dominate it Usman continues driving it into the area and kicks the ball in the goal .
Usman's shot comes out badly aimed as he lands on the right side of the goal and far to the point that the goalkeeper doesn't need to do anything.
Campagnolo takes the goal kick sending the ball into Cagliari's field, the ball falls towards Calaio and Conti who fight for it in the air, Calaio wins by heading the ball into his own court, the ball is dominated by Nenê who touches it for Usman, Usman drives the ball forward against the Siena team and manages to get inside the area and shoots at the goal.
The kick comes out strong towards the goal and almost goes over the goalkeeper who manages to defend the ball by putting his two arms up and hitting the ball, the ball falls to the ground and Usman tries to chase it to push it inside, Campagnolo who just thought it was amazing that kick that was given simply reacts by throwing himself on top of the ball and grabbing it before Usman's outstretched foot touches the ball, Campagnolo manages to save the ball from entering again and kicks the ball away thus ending the first time.