Gianluca Lapadula: the perfect goalscorer who scores from the left, right and head to dream of promotion with Cagliari

The goalscorer somehow has to appear and with the responsibility of the penalty, Lapadula showed why he is the best player in Serie B: in the only one he scored in the match in which Cagliari came from behind and beat Parma 3-2 in the first leg semifinal of the Serie B promotion playoffs.

It wasn’t Gianluca Lapadula’s best game, but the scorer is always there. He barely touched the ball fifteen times, but one of those was for a left-footed kick to score what was the temporary draw (2-2) after 85 minutes to the delight of Cagliari, who went to halftime with a 2-0 down , but in the second half they battled with everything to achieve victory.

And he came back with a double from Zito Luvumbo, the Angolan who was the figure because he scored for the discount at 68 minutes after a pass from the Uruguayan Nahitan Nández, caused the penalty that Lapadula converted into the tie and scored the third at 89 minutes that gave him the advantage to those from Sardinia in this first leg.

The Lapadula case

With the penalty kick, Gianluca Lapadula reached 24 goals in Serie B, almost half of those scored by his entire team (52). This marks the importance that the Peruvian has had in the search for the promotion of Cagliari.

The Peruvian has scored his 24 goals in 38 games, but with an average of one goal for every two games and with a frequency of scoring every 128 minutes.

The importance of having a finishing 9, but who also knows how to play when he leaves the area. Gianluca’s physical condition allows him to go out and combine with his teammates and immediately go looking for the ball in the definition zone. For this reason, all of his goals have been inside the area: 24 of 86 attempts.

He comes from scoring two goals against Venezia in the previous round, one with a header, the other with a left-footed cross. Yesterday he did the same, this time from a penalty kick again with his left foot. Thus, he has a variety of resources to define.

Of his 24 goals, 14 have been converted with his most skilled leg, his left. Another 8 are upside down, despite the fact that he is 1.79 meters tall. Only two have been on the right.

For this reason, Gianluca has been chosen as the best player in Serie B and maintains the objective of ascending to Serie A. This Saturday the revenge against Parma is played and if they reach the final they will face Bari or Sudtirol, who won 1-0 in the first leg.

Gianluca Lapadula has been looking for promotion for two seasons. He was in Serie A, but fell with Benevento. He then attempted a comeback, but missed out on the playoff semifinals. Now, with Cagliari, he hopes to change history.

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