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Bergamo. “Geviss Stadium”
Atalanta – Rome 4: 1
Goals: D. Zapata 59, Gozens 70, Muriel 72, Ilicic 85 – Dzeko 3
“Atalanta“: Gollini, Toloi, Romero (Palomino 46), Jimcity, Hatebourg, De Roon, Froyler, Gozens (Mohica 89), Pessina (Ilicic 46), Malinowski (Miranchuk 81), D. Zapata (Muriel 72)
“Rome“: Mirante, Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez, Karsdorp, Vereto (K. Perez 81), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Villar 81), Spinazzola (B. Perez 66), Pedro (Cristante 74), Mkhitaryan, Dzeko
Warnings: Malinovsky 37, Romero 39 – Lorenzo Pellegrini 36, Mirante 57, Mancini 64
Atalanta is actually starting a new path. With a charge of just two wins in the last eight league games. With Gian Piero Gasperini suddenly becoming a fan of the result, saying that there is no difference between 4: 2 and 1: 0. With a new and discreet 3-5-2 pattern. Without Josip Ilicic at the “start”. Without captain and symbol of the Alejandro Gómez club, he was left out of the application. With Ruslan Malinovsky instead of him. In such a fragile state, Bergaman received “Roma”, who in those eight games had five wins and two draws. It is true that the Romans are criticized for their inability to defeat the greats. And this is what helped the opponent today.
In general, the first half was weak. Roma caught Atalanta just like Juventus on Wednesday: disorganized high pressure. Mkhitaryan broke through and fired from the left into the penalty area at Dzeko all alone. Spinazzola was shot and passed Gollini, who went out the door. On a rack. Then the guests “dried” the game. As a result, he left the hosts without shots on goal in the first 30 minutes. Malinovsky was covered by two or three, he was often missing, Ruslan himself terribly overexposed the ball, finished half with just 15 assists. And, besides him, the unassembled “Goddess” didn’t even have anything like it.
In the last 15 minutes of the half, the Ukrainian still began to free himself and his team to press. He made two free throws (to the “wall”), also from the 18 and 14 meter field. If he hit right and didn’t try to move left, they wouldn’t have time to block him. At the beginning of the second half in the center of the penalty area he had no time. It is true that later the play hit the ball badly, during the leaks it again overexposed the ball. He improved on Pellegrini’s free kick late in the first half. Gollini had to be dragged away. As well as a distant shot from Veretu at the beginning of the second half. And with the new pressure “Roma” managed well.
However, Atalanta can never be ruled out. How many matches has he already drawn? It was when “Rome” stepped forward a bit and felt the freedom – she missed. Malinovskiy played again, but this time the ball fell from the defender to Ilicic. He briefly left Zapata. And Duvan, not scoring for the club in ten straight games, nearly broke the net under the bar. Subsequently, Ilicic hung onto Gosens’s head. Josip also hit hard (Mirante). And another player who came in as a substitute, Muriel, intercepted in the center of the field and passed everyone. As a result, Ilicic also scored.
A loss would have dug too deep a hole between Atalanta and Top 4. Victory – and in the lost points, they are no longer lagging behind “Roma”, who are now fourth. That’s how important this match was. At the decisive moment, they remembered the Bergamo, thanks to which they surprise Italy for several seasons in a row. They know how to organize comebacks even in a critical situation. And they know how to find resources in the bank. There was no Gomez today, but for the first time in nine months in the league, Ilicic scored and proved his worth. What about Rome? 0-4 in Naples and this second half confirms that he is not yet at the level of the giants.
