Bologna-Atalanta 0-1, a goal from Cissé, born in 2003, decides

He played with a refugee team. There, Atalanta caught him. Then it took him less than a month from his debut with the Nerazzurri Primavera and only three league games played to convince Gasperini. It is the 18-year-old Guinean Moustapha Cissé, today making his absolute debut in Serie A (in the field for half an hour instead of Muriel), the goal that allows Atalanta to beat Bologna in the final (0-1) and connect Roma to the fifth place in the standings.

Equilibrium

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The postponement of the 30th day is in the name of balance. With Bologna who deserved something more on points. Mihajlovic’s team registers more ball possession (61%), shots on target (3 to 2, despite Atalanta kicks a total of 15 times against 12 and also hits a post) and corners (6 to 3) but does not avoid the ko Bologna and Atalanta are lined up in a mirror image. With the 3-4-2-1. Mihajlovic must do without the suspended Bonifazi and Sansone. In defense he finds Theate (flanked by Medel and Soumaoro). Arnautovic plays in front, supported by Orsolini and Soriano. Gasperini is struggling with a long series of unavailability: Toloi, Malinovskyi, Boga, Zappacosta and Zapata are out. In the backward package space for 2003 Scalvini (with Demiral and Djimsiti). Hateboer and Pezzella on the wings, Koopmeiners and Pessina behind Muriel. It is a first half with few emotions but with a big chance on each side. On the 28 ‘dubious episode in the rossoblù area: Maresca lets go on the aerial elbow of De Silvestri in Pezzella. And in the 30th minute, Atalanta goes one step away from the lead: Djimsiti’s shot and a close-range touch from Scalvini, who hits the post. At 44 ‘Bologna is dangerous at the restart: Orsolini sends Demiral out of control and comes face to face with Musso, but the Argentine is providential and saves on the left of the former on duty.

Recovery

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The recovery is immediately more lively. And it opens with the progression of Arnautovic, launched in depth by Soriano: arrived in front of Musso, the Austrian opts for a soft touch that ends at the bottom (49 ‘). The game stopped for a couple of minutes at 52 ‘, when the assistant referee Mondin was injured, replaced by the fourth official Cosso. Gasperini tries to liven up the Nerazzurri’s offensive front and in the 65th minute removes Muriel to make his 18-year-old Guinean Cissé debut in Serie A, a Primavera star found in an amateur team from Puglia (the Rinascita Refugees, made up of applicants for international protection like him). Atalanta is dangerous in the 65th minute with Koopmeiners ‘razor from the edge (just outside), Orsolini responds with a volley that commits Musso again (67’). Ten from the end the equilibrium is broken: Pasalic’s assist for Cissé, who only in the opposing area controls right and left-handed gives Skorupski no chance. At 89 ‘Medel tries: ball on the outside of the net. On the Koopmeiners-Cissé-Pasalic axis (the same three protagonists of the 0-1) the Bergamo players double in the 94th minute, but the Croatian’s goal (entered in the 70th minute) was canceled due to offiside. Atalanta fifth with 51 points but a game to be recovered to shorten the Champions League zone (Juventus, fourth, is at +8). Bologna twelfth with 33.