Serie A | Cagliari 1-0 Frosinone: Adopo shoots ambitious Canarini down
CAGLIARI, ITALY - NOVEMBER 07: Michel Adopo of Cagliari Calcio scores goal during the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and Frosinone Calcio at Unipol Domus on November 07, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images)
Michel Adopo’s strike allowed Cagliari to end their six-game winless drought and take down high-flying Frosinone, as both goalkeepers performed heroics.
The Sardinians were in total crisis mode after four straight defeats, with Adam Obert suspended, Yerry Mina, M’Bala Nzola, Alieu Fadera, Riyad Idrissi and Mattia Felici injured. Yael Trepy got his first start since almost drowning on August 17. The Canarini lost top scorer Antonio Raimondo to a sprained ankle after winning three of the last four games to surge into sixth place, with Florian Grillitsch still on the treatment table.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Trepy had the first shot on goal, testing Lorenzo Palmisani from distance with a snapshot, but then had to limp off with a suspected hamstring strain after just 27 minutes.
Fares Ghedjemis also had a pop from far out, as did Giacomo Calò with a couple of strikes from distance that forced Elia Caprile into difficult saves.
Just as Frosinone were pouring forward, Cagliari took the lead when Michel Adopo combined with Paul Mendy in midfield and dribbled to the edge of the area, lashing the right-foot finish into the top corner.
Palmisani performed a simply extraordinary reaction save after the restart to deny Mendy the tap-in from five yards on a corner, with Caprile showing what he was capable of too, denying Calò on the Ghedjemis pull-back from the by-line.
Frosinone were unlucky not to equalise on 73 minutes from a corner, when first Cichella’s strike from six yards was fingertipped onto the underside of the bar, then Caprile also denied the Daniel Birligea follow-up.
Birligea was kept out by a desperate Kofler defensive block at the near post, while Kevin Carlos wasted the chance to seal it late on by blasting over the bar.
Adopo 38 (C)
1st half
| 13' |  |
Gabriele Bracaglia | ||
| Michel Adopo (Assist: Paul Mendy) |
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38' |
2nd half
| 60' | Anthony Oyono | |||
| Jacopo Fazzini | 69' | |||
| Nicola Grandu | 70' | |||
| 85' | Ilario Monterisi | |||
| Zé Pedro | 87' |
Cagliari
Frosinone
1
Goalkeeper
15
Defender
2
Defender
14
Midfielder
4
Midfielder
78'
70
Midfielder
65'
8
Midfielder
36
Midfielder
78'
22
Midfielder
31
Attacker
65'
19
Attacker
28'
22
Goalkeeper
20
Defender
71'
79
Defender
46'
3
Defender
30
Defender
14
Midfielder
16
Midfielder
81'
10
Midfielder
65'
11
Attacker
7
Attacker
17
Attacker
65'
23
Goalkeeper
21
Midfielder
6
Midfielder
28
Defender
12
Goalkeeper
79
Midfielder
32
Midfielder
30
Midfielder
37
Defender
35
Attacker
28'
10
Midfielder
65'
9
Attacker
65'
20
Attacker
78'
27
Midfielder
78'
91
Goalkeeper
2
Defender
5
Defender
12
Goalkeeper
25
Defender
73
Midfielder
74
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