It happened during the match of the 4th day of the Champions League against Marseille: the Nigerian moves away from the bench after the substitution and the coach pulls him
High tension at Atalanta during the match against Marseille. At the time of the substitution with Musah in the 75th minute, Ademola Lookman, visibly annoyed, was walking away from the bench and was vigorously called back by coach Ivan Juric, who approached him and yanked him by the arm. Before the nervousness degenerated with a head-to-head between the two, the intervention of De Roon, the CEO Luca Percassi and some members of the bench separated them, bringing the Nigerian back towards the bench. At the end of the match, Juric returned to Lookman to say something to him before the player returned to the locker room while the whole team was on the pitch celebrating the victory.
Juric under discussion at Atalanta
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For the Croatian coach, who had the difficult task of replacing Gasperini, it is a complicated moment: just three victories in 13 matches and the doubts about his future are becoming increasingly stronger. “There is a wonderful job to be done, a company that is at a very high level that allows you to work: we have everything, so I live it well. Honestly up to this moment I live it very well”, Juric had tried to dampen the tension on the eve.
Atalanta, tension in Marseille
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Overall, however, it was a particularly electric evening for Atalanta. First the penalty missed by Charles De Ketelaere in the 14th minute (great save by Rulli), then the goal disallowed by Lookman himself in the 69th minute, due to a previous offside by Krstovic. Until Samardzic’s decisive goal in the 90th minute, which will certainly help ease the tension, but trigger protests from the French following a handball by Ederson in the Bergamo area at the start of the action.
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