Four months after manager and striker won Cagliari dramatic promotion, they combined for Serie A’s greatest ever comeback
Call that a comeback? Napoli recovered from 2-0 down to draw with Milan in a barn-burning Sunday night game, Matteo Politano and Giacomo Raspadori setting the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona ablaze with spectacular second-half goals to cancel out Olivier Giroud’s pair of first-half headers. A giddy, seesawing clash between the reigning champions and opponents who hope to dethrone them, yet still only the second-best turnaround of the Serie A weekend.
That is because Cagliari did something no team had ever done in the Italian top-flight: recovering from three goals down after the 70th minute to win against Frosinone. Their manager, Claudio Ranieri, has achieved greater miracles in his career, but not many. His team had previously collected three draws and six defeats from nine games.
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