The 'Bambino' appeared! Lapadula defined inside the area to score the 1-0 against Benevento, his former team.

Great end of the week for Gianluca Lapadula: his first goal with Cagliari in Serie B and, hours earlier, called up for the Peruvian national team. In addition, it was a day of mixed feelings for the 'Bambino', as he jumped onto the field motivated by the call from Juan Reynoso and the celebration was halfway because it was against Benevento, his club until last season and to which he has respect. In fact, he reflected this after scoring.

Before that, there is merit for the scorer of the Blanquirroja. Midfielder Marko Rog advanced towards the 'Brujos' field, but was knocked down. Then, 'Il Peruviano' picked up the rebound right on the field's dividing line. Immediately, the 32-year-old player chose to change direction to find support.

That's how 'Lapagol' passed to Benito Nicolas Viola, who had a better view and sent the ball towards the opposite end for the arrival of Marco Mancosu. Cagliari's number 5 also had possession of the ball for a few seconds because the Peruvian national team player ran into space.

In that way, Mancosu sent a through ball, but defender Riccardo Capellini stretched his leg to intercept the advance. Although that ended up favoring Lapadula, as he was left one-on-one with goalkeeper Alberto Paleari and had a good position to score the 1-0.

After scoring, the player of the Peruvian national team stood up and did not celebrate the goal due to the respect he feels for Benevento, the club he played for until last season and with whom he competed in Serie A and Serie B.

Lapadula scored for the first time with the Cagliari shirt in the 2022-2023 season of the Italian promotion. Before that, the Peruvian only celebrated in the Cup against Perugia.