Spezia-Atalanta 2-2: the Bergamo players wake up in extremis, Pasalic saves them in the 93rd minute

SPICE – Atalanta stays on vacation throughout the game, then wakes up in the final and recovers 2 goals by drawing in extremis with Pasalic. Spezia took the lead already in the 8th minute with Gyasi: deep cut by Nzola who frees himself behind the Bergamo defense and serves his teammate in the center who is very good at anticipating Sportiello and bagging the opening goal. The reaction from the Goddess was immediate with a cross from the left by Lookman towards the far post, with Zoet being overtaken by the trajectory but Koopmeiners unable to push the ball into goal. On 13 minutes through the ball for Zapata who comes face to face with Zoet, but the goalkeeper slips away. In the momentum the two collide, both remain on the ground and are forced to ask for the substitution: Spezia, after losing Dragowski to injury before the break, is forced to replace Zoet with the third goalkeeper Zovko.

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In the 31st minute Spezia doubles: Bourabia recovers the ball in the midfield circle area and serves Nzola in depth, who goes 30 meters solo with the ball and chain and with his left-footed low shot beats Sportiello for 2-0. At the end of the first half Palomino’s intervention on Nzola was majestic as he saved the third goal for Spezia by coming out behind the Angolan attacker and with a slide deflecting the shot for a corner. Spezia still in evidence in the 62nd minute when the 3-0 goal against Ampadu was disallowed: Gyasi’s cross from the left, with two Atalanta defenders colliding and Holm lifting the ball for Ampadu who finished on the fly by beating Sportiello. After a few minutes, the Var signaled offside at the start of Gyasi’s action.

In the 77th minute the match changes: Zappacosta serves Hojlund vertically with his back turned towards the Spezia goal: the Danish attacker pivots on Kiwior, turns and finishes on goal crossing with his right foot, folding his hands to Zovko for the 2 -1. Atalanta pushes and in the 92nd minute they equalize: a series of crosses from the right and left with Koopmeiners who crosses by turning with his left foot towards the far post, where Pasalic comes out and barely touches the ball from two steps away and sends it into the net for the 2-2 final.