Clear success and never in doubt for theAtalanta to Parma, thanks to the cynicism of their attack and an intensity that Parma was unable to respond to, especially in the first minutes of the first half: the match broke the deadlock already in the fourth minute: everything was easy for the Goddess, with Bellanova flying to the right and he serves Retegui in the way the center forward prefers, with a high cross that the center forward heads past Suzuki. The doubling of the Dea’s lead was only a matter of time: in the 39th minute Ruggeri broke through on the left and placed a tense, low ball in the center which Ederson only had to slot into an empty net.
Pecchia’s team returned to the pitch excellently and managed to equalize in just a few minutes: great play from Cancellieri, who with perfect control took out Toloi and beat Carnesecchi with a very violent left foot. But the greater presence in the opponent’s midfield does not translate into chances, so Atalanta does poorly on the restart. Newly substitute Cuadrado runs to the right and hits the ball to the far post, where Lookman makes no mistake. While waiting for Napoli, the Goddess climbs to first place in the standings in the company of Inter.
Parma coach Fabio Pecchia spoke to SkySport after the match: “I think that today, after going down immediately against Atalanta, we only conceded in the first half. In the second half we had a great approach and I have to congratulate my team because we faced Atalanta well in the second half.”
Speaking to DAZN, Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini explained the small difficulties the team had in the second half after a sparkling first half: “Parma scored a good goal and you have to give credit to the opponent, in the first half we could have score one more goal. When the game reopened we held on well, started creating again and then closed the match.”