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Milan, Jan 23 (AFP): Cagliari missed the chance to climb out of the Serie A relegation zone on Sunday after drawing 1-1 with 10-man Fiorentina in a bad-tempered match in which both teams missed penalties.<\/p>\n
Walter Mazzarri’s side would have moved above Venezia into 17th place had they held on after Joao Pedro put them ahead just after half-time.<\/p>\n
However, Riccardo Sottil’s leveller with 15 minutes left means Cagliari stay in the bottom three, a point from safety, while Fiorentina go sixth and seven points from the Champions League places.<\/p>\n
Pedro struck his 10th league goal of the season when he thumped home a perfect header from Gaston Pereiro’s corner, but after \u00c1lvaro Odriozola gave away a penalty for handball Pedro fluffed the chance to give his team a two-goal lead in the 68th minute.<\/p>\n
Odriozola had been sent off following his protests for the awarding of the spot-kick, livid at what he thought was a push from Pedro which made him touch the ball with his arm.<\/p>\n
However the away side, who were without star striker Dusan Vlahovic and missed a penalty of their own in the eighth minute, reacted positively to Pedro’s miss and claimed a point through Cagliari old boy Sottil.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old burst into the area and drilled a perfect low finish past Boris Radunovic before cupping his ears at the livid home crowd.<\/p>\n
Later on Sunday Napoli try to close the seven-point gap between them and league leaders Inter Milan in their derby with bottom side Salernitana.<\/p>\n
AC Milan, who are five behind Inter in second place, host Champions League-chasing Juventus at the San Siro in the weekend’s big match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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