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Cagliari registered their first win since Coach Marco Giampaolo's recall, as Atalanta missed a penalty with Cristiano Doni.
Giampaolo was recalled last week and his 'debut' was a 1-0 defeat to Torino, so he was hoping for better luck on home turf. Atalanta were still fuming after a controversial penalty sealed a late 2-1 loss at Sampdoria and had to make changes with Gianpaolo Bellini and Leonardo Talamonti banned, but Cristiano Doni returned from suspension.
Atalanta had only ever won here once in Serie A going into this game, a 1-0 result in November 1964!
Cagliari took the lead after just four minutes, as Leonardo Colucci threaded through to release David Suazo, who immediately placed a left-foot angled drive into the far corner.
Caglioni tipped a Daniele Conti free kick out from under the crossbar and Andrea Capone failed to make the most of a Suazo assist.
On the half-hour mark the referee pointed to the spot for an apparent Diego Lopez push on Nicola Ventola. It was Atalanta's first real scoring opportunity and Doni stepped up only to horribly side-foot wide.
Cagliari kept pushing with Conti's daisy-cutter shaving a coat of paint off the far post.
Atalanta were left in 10 men for the final 15 minutes, as Adriano picked up a second yellow card for his foul from behind on D'Agostino.
The Sardinians sealed the points with substitute Simone Pepe, who followed Biondini all the way up the field on the counter to nod home his cross from nine yards.
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