Atalanta-Udinese 0-0: the Champions League race gets complicated for Gasperini

L’Atalanta brakes again. The match againstUdinese it closed 0-0 with the hosts unable to find the net to snatch the entire stake. One point each, with the team of Gian Piero Gasperini who moves the standings and rises to 42 points: in the next round he will challenge Napoli at the Maradona stadium. Good peer for Friulians, solid and also proactive. Possession of the ball at Atalanta, counter-attacks and counter-attacks on Udinese’s side: the first half slipped away following a fairly obvious plot: the team of Subtle he neutralized every dangerous ball played in the last sixteen meters by the hosts. Not even the return to the trident changed the cards on the table, with the Nerazzurri suffering a lot from physicality in the middle of the pitch.

Koopmeiners’ injury

The few scoring opportunities came more on mistakes than on a real construction, with Musso able to neutralize a back pass by Djimsiti. And the first fraction ended with the injury of Koopmeinersstopped by a resentment in the hamstring: a stop that adds up to that of Zappacosta, who stopped before the kick-off due to a groin problem.

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Silvestri, miracle on Toloi

However, the script changed in the second half, with the hosts picking up the pace: the best player from Bergamo was certainly Edersonnumber 13 showed up with a shot from the edge that was neutralized by Silvestri. Still out of condition Louis Muriel: the Colombian only tried his personal initiative in the 38th minute with a shot from 20 meters which ended directly in the corner. In the end he even tried Pasalicthe deflection for a corner by Bijol. However, Silvestri still performed the real miracle on the conclusion of first intention by Toloi. No goals, it ends 0-0 in Bergamo.

Atalanta-Udinese match report

Atalanta (3-4-3): Musso 6.5; Toloi 6.5, Demiral 6.5, Djimsiti 6; Maehle 6, De Roon 6, Koopmeiners 6 (41’pt Ederson 7), Ruggeri 6.5;
Lookman 5 (18’st Muriel 5.5), Hojlund 5 (46’st Vorlicky sv), Boga 5.5 (18’st Pasalic 6). Herds Gasperini 6

Udinese (3-5-2): Sylvesters 7; Becao 6.5, Bijol 7, Perez 7; Ebosele 6 (34’st Masina 6), Arslan 6.5 (14’st Pereyra 6), Walace 6, Lovric 6 (34’st Samardzic 6), Udogie 5; Success 6 (20’st Thauvin 6), Beto 6.5.

Referee: Ghersini of Genoa 6.

Note: Lovric, Becao, Ederson, Djimsiti and Ebosele booked.