Empoli 3-1 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 21 September 2005
Result
Empoli 3-1 Cagliari
Serie A · Wednesday 21 September 2005, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 3-1 Cagliari: match report
Empoli won against Cagliari 3-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 21 September 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Andrea Capone opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Empoli's goals came from F. Tavano (46'), F. Tavano (64') and Sergio Almirón (68'). Cagliari scored through Andrea Capone (33').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Cagliari received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Empoli were 20th on 0 points from 3 and Cagliari 15th on 2 points from 3. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Cagliari 16th with 39.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-L and Cagliari's D-D-L.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Fabrizio Ficini
- 22'Yellow card · Andrea Capone
- 33'Goal · Andrea Capone
- 46'Goal · F. Tavano
- 59'Yellow card · Stefano Lucchini
- 64'Goal · F. Tavano
- 64'Yellow card · Riccardo Bonetto
- 68'Goal · Sergio Almirón
Team news
Empoli line-up
Gianluca Berti, Stefano Lucchini, Andrea Coda, Riccardo Bonetto, Richard Vanigli, Sergio Almirón, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Ighli Vannucchi, Matteo Serafini, Christian Rigano
Cagliari line-up
Héctor Carini Hernández, Michele Canini, Francesco Bega, Massimo Gobbi, Alessandro Agostini, Daniele Conti, Mauro Esposito, Nelson Abeijón Pessi, Andrea Capone, Luis Diego López Breijo, Óscar Suazo Velázquez