Atalanta-Torino 4-4: braces from Muriel and Lukic

by our correspondent Mario Pagliara

April 27
– BERGAMO

There was a lot of fun, and a lot. Atalanta and Turin face off against each other in the recovery of the twentieth day: it ends 4-4 in a festival of goals, emotions and penalties. Four penalties whistled by Abisso and all made: braces from Lukic and Muriel from the spot. Sanabria, De Roon, Pasalic also scored and Freuler’s own goal of the momentary 2-4 for the grenade. Yes, because for a beautiful Toro it is an evening of applause and regrets: up to 78 ‘Toro was ahead 2-4, suffering a draw six minutes from 90’. It’s yet another joke in the finale for Juric.

FUN

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The premises were all there, but the yield is even better than what one could imagine. Because the first half of Atalanta-Turin is full of fun. Very enjoyable and pleasant evening, immediately unlocked at the start by Ivan Juric’s team. Only four minutes pass when Singo launches Praet on the right (returning as a starter after the injury in January): the Belgian invents the assist in the center of the area for Sanabria that anticipates Scalvini and in a handkerchief mocking Musso. Wednesday evening warms up quickly: hit in the cold, Atalanta raises the engine revs. At the sixteenth Singo fails to intercept the passage for Zappacosta, who finds himself free in the grenade area. Rodriguez engages him, for the referee Abisso is a penalty that Muriel achieves while kicking in the center. Here begins the seven minutes of Gasperini’s eleven who, especially on the flanks, breaks through several times and on 23 ‘reverses the situation: Muriel from the corner serves the assist directly to De Roon (lost by Aina). With a flying kick he mocked a distracted Milinkovic. At half an hour Juric loses Pjaca due to injury (inside Brekalo), and at 35 ‘reaches the same: another penalty, this time for the knockdown of Sanabria by Freuler. Lukic is cold from the spot. We go to the interval at 2-2.

PENALTY FESTIVAL

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When we restart, after three minutes, Bremer desperately saves Zapata. The evening flows on the track of balance, a higher level play is expected to unlock it. It arrives after seventeen minutes when Praet signs the third invention of the evening, serving a fantastic ball for Pobega (entered in place of Ricci) who is knocked down by Toloi with a blow to the left ankle. It is the third penalty: Lukic still goes from the spot. Still surgical, he makes the shotgun from the spot. It is the grenade overtaking. Four minutes later Toro drops the poker, favored by an own goal by Freuler who deflects Sanabria’s cross-shot into his own goal. It’s over? In no way. Because at 33 ‘Atalanta shortens with Pasalic, who slipped in progression between Lukic and Zima. And immediately after, Abisso uses the Var to assign the fourth penalty (Zima’s hand on Malinovskyi): at 39 ‘Muriel scores 4-4 from the spot.