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Chievo earned a crucial away victory in the search for safety, although it could have been an even wider winning margin.
This was a battle to avoid being sucked back into the relegation zone. The Sardinians had picked up four points from their previous five matches, while the Flying Donkeys failed to make the most of an extra man in their 1-1 draw with Messina last weekend. Gigi Del Neri was still banished to the stands along with Paolo Sammarco and Lorenzo D'Anna.
Matteo Brighi wasted a golden opportunity for Chievo after 10 minutes, as he pounced on a defensive error on the edge of the area only to balloon over with just the 'keeper to beat.
D'Agostino's acrobatic volley at the back post was always going to be tricky and Vincenzo Italiano missed the target from a promising position.
Brighi made up for his horrible misses by opening the scoring after the restart. He began the move and, when Erjon Bogdani's low shot was parried by Marco Fortin, pounced on the loose ball for the simple tap-in.
Cagliari needed to fight back, but their defence fell to pieces and Chievo made it 2-0. Franco Semioli sprung the offside trap and rolled across for the totally unmarked Bogdani to waltz into the empty net.
The Sardinians wanted a penalty for Brighi's handling offence and substitute Giuseppe Cozzolino skimmed the target.
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