This season's Dark Horse of the Italian Cup, Fiorentina is one that has to be mentioned, unlike grassroots teams such as Sassuolo, Fiorentina's road to promotion met a very strong Napoli, the result of which they scored 5 goals at the opponent's home stadium and successfully eliminated them, this round is facing the fierce offensive firepower of Atlanta, coupled with the departure of the main striker Vlahović, the future of the team in the Italian Cup is uncertain, and the opponent Atlanta is also the same, the main left-back Gosens is also poached by Inter, The encounter between the two bitter teams seemed inevitable.
Both sides of the lineup
Atalanta sits at home coach Gasperini line-up a 3-4-1-2 squad with three centre-backs Demilal Panomino and Jimsidi, Zappacosta and Hartbauer on both wings, midfielder De Jongn + Floyle + Passaric, and double forwards Marinovsky plus Boga.
Fiorentina's side is still a regular 4-3-3 squad, with Lucas Martinez and Julio paired at centre-backs, Left and Right Defenders Biraggi and Odriosola respectively, Three Midfielders Mahrele, Torreira and Castrovelli, and three in front of The Trio piatec, Nicolas Gonzalez and Zabonara.
Match status
Shortly after the opening, Atalanta, which played at home, was met with a controversial penalty, and in the 7th minute, Odriozola stepped on the cart and fell to the ground in the breakthrough into the penalty area, resulting in the referee directly awarding a penalty, and Piatek directly took the penalty.
Then the Atalanta side launched a ferocious counterattack, first the new signing Boga's shot posed a lot of threat, then the goal finally came, in the 28th minute Zapa Costa and Floyle made a wonderful combination of a kick in front of the box to score directly into the dead corner, the score was equalized 1-1.
Chelsea veteran Zapa Costa's brilliant goal
The match between the two sides began again after half-time, but atalanta's strength was still slightly superior, following the Zappa Costa fairy ball, the young player Boga was not to be outdone, in the 56th minute he faced the opponent's 4-man bag clip to use all the speed, and then the shot in the penalty area directly pierced the opponent's goal, Andalanta rebounded the score of 2-1.
Bogamesi-style goal breaker
However, Atalanta still overestimated his defensive ability, and Kupmenas, who came on as a substitute in the 70th minute, also sent a penalty again, facing Mahle's fight in the penalty area, he directly raised his foot too high to kick the opponent, Piatek once again took the penalty, dramatically his penalty was first saved by Terraciano, and then made up for it again to complete the goal to equalize the score again.
Defenders made mistakes again, and Fiorentina tied the score
The situation on the field changed in the last 15 minutes, Atalanta side Muriel just came on the field to use the breakthrough to make the opponent defender Lucas Martinez's tackle foul to get the second yellow card of the game was sent off, Atalantlan continued to pressure them, and the replacement of Fiorentina coach Italo had a miraculous effect, Mirenkovic who played in the 80th minute was originally to make up for Lucas Martinez's downfall, and the result was the last minute and last second of stoppage time. After Fiorentina's set-piece opportunity, Mirrenkovic's powerful shot from the front of the penalty area went straight through the opponent's goal to complete the kill!
After the game
I can't believe the magic of this game, most of the elements in the football game are included, penalties, kills, reversals, but the atlanta home fans do not have such good luck, seeing the home team fall in the last second they must be very uncomfortable, and the Fiorentina side will not forget this hearty victory, two consecutive wins against the strong enemy, the next round against Vlahović's Juventus, can they hand blade traitors?