Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 21, 2021
Atalanta WWLLL 2
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Torino LLDDW 1
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ATA112
TOR011
Olimpico Grande Torino · 3,475 att.

Match Report

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Substitute Piccoli earns Atalanta dramatic late opening day win at Torino

Young substitute Roberto Piccoli struck deep into stoppage time to earn Atalanta a last-gasp 2-1 victory at Torino.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
0
51.8
Possession
48.2
7
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
298
Accurate Passes
279
418
Passes
380
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
5
4
Crosses
16
0.5
Cross %
0.3
68
Long Balls
72
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
8
12
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
13
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

TOR · 3-4-3

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 3BremerCD
  3. 13Ricardo RodríguezCD-L
  4. 26Koffi DjidjiCD-R
  5. 38Rolando MandragoraCM-L
  6. 10Sasa LukicCM-R
  7. 34Ola AinaLM
  8. 17Wilfried SingoRM
  9. 19Antonio SanabriaF
  10. 11Marko PjacaCF-L
  11. 77Karol LinettyCF-R

ATA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 28Merih DemiralCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 19Berat DjimsitiCD-R
  5. 32Matteo PessinaCM-L
  6. 88Mario PasalicCM-R
  7. 8Robin GosensLM
  8. 3Joakim MaehleRM
  9. 9Luis MurielF
  10. 18Ruslan MalinovskyiCF-L
  11. 72Josip IlicicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Torino 0, Atalanta 1. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
  2. 23' Merih Demiral (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Torino. Tomás Rincón replaces Sasa Lukic.
  4. 52' Tomás Rincón (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Substitution, Atalanta. Sam Lammers replaces Luis Muriel.
  6. 56' Substitution, Atalanta. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Josip Ilicic.
  7. 65' Substitution, Torino. Andrea Belotti replaces Antonio Sanabria.
  8. 71' Bremer (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Torino. Armando Izzo replaces Bremer because of an injury.
  10. 74' Substitution, Torino. Simone Verdi replaces Marko Pjaca.
  11. 76' Substitution, Atalanta. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  12. 79' Goal! Torino 1, Atalanta 1. Andrea Belotti (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Karol Linetty.
  13. 81' Juan Musso (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Lovato replaces Merih Demiral.
  15. 83' Substitution, Atalanta. Roberto Piccoli replaces Robin Gosens.
  16. 90'+3' Goal! Torino 1, Atalanta 2. Roberto Piccoli (Atalanta) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.

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