In Bologna, Atalanta won 2-1 in a comeback in the last match of the 17th day of Serie A THE CHRONICLE
GOAL
In the 58th minute Bologna-Atalanta 1-2 Network of Hojlund served with an excellent pocket by Boga, on his second assist. Hojlund battle Skorupski with a cynic excavator.
In the 47th minute Bologna-Atalanta 1-1 Network of Koopmeiners (5th goal for him in this Serie A season) who collects the support of Boga and from distance in the bag to Skorupski’s salle.
In the 6th minute Bologna-Atalanta 1-0 Network of Riccardo Orsolini who collects Palomino’s sliding rebound and from the edge of the area releases an elusive left foot for Musso.
SERIE A STANDINGS
The homage
Dall’Ara and Bologna, in the first home game after the death of Sinisa Mihajlovic, pay homage to the former coach. While the rossoblù and Atalanta take the field, images of Mihajlovic scroll by on the big screen, hugs with Arnautovic, smiles with Barrow and his players. “While the country gathers in the memory of Gianluca Vialli, in this minute’s silence we also want to remember Sinisa Mihajlovic, who in these three years has given the whole of Bologna great emotions. Goodbye mister, you will remain forever in our hearts”, the speaker punctuates , while the curve unrolls the banner ‘Ciao Sinisa forever Bolognese like us. Champions never die”. Finally the chorus ‘Per Sinisa alè’, which marked the period of his illness.
The match
Bologna against Atalanta, Thiago Motta against Gasperini, the pupil facing the master: but the master does not fight. At the Dall’Ara, Atalanta passes, which regains the victory that had been missing since 30 October with Empoli. Koopmeiners and Hojlund overturn the initial advantage signed by the former Orsolini with a comeback victory of character, demonstrating the delicate moment of the Atalantini. But it’s not a great time for the rossoblùs either, who despite having closed 2022 with four wins in five games, show up for the last game of the 17th day reduced to a minimum and suffer the consequences. Motta is without eight players between injuries (Arnautovic, Barrow, Bonifazi, De Silvestri, Zirkzee and Bagnolini) and excluded for market reasons (Kasius and Vignato) but Medel and Dominguez will not be there next time in Udine, who were warned and have made up for it the yellow that will trigger the disqualification.
Gasperini does not have Malinovskyi (landed in Marseille in the morning) but recovers Zapata and Musso and has to give up only Muriel to try to return to success after consecutive knockouts with Napoli, Lecce and Inter and the draw in La Spezia which opened the new year. At Dall’Ara the first half belongs to the hosts, with Orsolini who, after the heartbreaking minute in the memory of Vialli and Sinisa, finds the net in the 6th minute: Posch verticalizes for Sansone, deployed on the front, Palomino slips and isn’t perfect in the closing, the number 7 takes the ball, centers starting from the right and with the left with a lap shot he beats Musso, with a dedication to the sky. Orsolini almost doubled the lead shortly after, with a header from Lykogiannis’ cross and Bologna’s high pressing produced a turnover on the Atalanta limit by Koopmeiners, from which Medel recovered: but the shot went wide and in the 18th minute it was Lykogiannis with a shot from outside the area to call Musso to intervene for a corner. Atalanta can only be seen with a header by Palomino (high) from an inactive ball and for the contact Hojlund-Soumaoro in the 17th minute on which Di Bello lets it go in the area. Zapata is no better and is a shadow of himself, the ball is slow and the Goddess struggles to find space between the lines and on the wings, with Soumaoro and Lucumì who have a good game in limiting the Nerazzuri forwards.
Gasperini runs for cover and in the second half inserts Zappacosta and Boga for the dull Hateboer and Pasalic, looking for sap from the bench, the one that Thiago Motta does not have: Bologna drops, Atalanta grows and equalizes in the 2nd minute with action starting from Boga, passes from Zappacosta and returns to Boga, who sees space for Koopmeiners, who from the edge puts the ball diagonally into the corner: 1-1. Atalanta creates havoc with Zappacosta on the right and Gasperini also inserts Ederson for Zapata in the 10th minute and three minutes later the Goddess puts the arrow in: Boga goes down on the left and finds the through ball for Hojlund who with a scavetto beats Skorupski for the host advantage. In thirteen minutes Atalanta overturns Bologna, who do not have the strength and resources on the bench to react, with the guests who can manage the result and the pace of the match up to the triple whistle, with Skorupski who in full stoppage time saves Zappacosta on possible 3-1: but it would have been too severe a punishment.
Source: Ansa
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