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Luciano Spalletti tipped his hat to Cagliari after they shocked Juventus, but singled out one glaring mistake.<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the Bianconeri coming into the showdown with six wins in their last seven Serie A matches, they were undone by a well-worked set-piece routine, perhaps spelling the end of their unlikely Scudetto bid.<\/p>\n Luca Mazzitelli\u2019s superb volley proved the difference on Saturday night, leaving Juve 10 points behind\u00a0Inter Milan.<\/p>\n The referee had awarded Spalletti\u2019s visitors a penalty after 15 minutes when Fabio Miretti went to ground. However, a VAR review correctly overturned the decision, Miretti having caught his opponent first.<\/p>\n Cagliari then took the lead against the run of play, Gianluca Gaetano\u2019s free-kick finding Mazzitelli, who had escaped Pierre Kalulu\u2019s clutches to volley smartly into the bottom corner from 15 yards.<\/p>\n The result left Juve fourth, ahead of Roma on goal difference but four points adrift of third-placed Napoli.<\/p>\n Post-match, Spalletti admitted his players\u2019 inability to stick to their roles led to the upset.<\/p>\n \u201cCagliari deserved it, because they fought for every ball, closed up and tried to go on the counter,\u201d he told Sky Sport Italia. \u201cWe were unable to be determined enough in preparing the situations.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are games that go like this. We move on.<\/p>\n \u201cThe substitutes got swept up in the frantic nature of the game. [Edon] Zhegrova and [Francisco] Conceicao dropped back to get the ball in midfield, so got too far away from the \u2018hot\u2019 areas of the pitch.<\/p>\n \u201cKalulu and [Lloyd] Kelly started pushing up the flanks, but no, they are defenders and needed to be defending.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can complain about that, players need to stay in their roles, but in general we played our game, suffocated every attempt at a counter-attack. It was destined to go like this; there\u2019s no point crying over spilt milk.\u201d<\/p>\n Mazzitelli lasers the ball into the bottom-right corner to put the hosts ahead! \ud83e\udd2f#CagliariJuve<\/a> 1-0 pic.twitter.com\/9qzc1PveqG<\/a><\/p>\nJuventus Wasteful In 1-0 Defeat By Cagliari<\/h2>\n
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