Rough football on one side, few chances, blocked match and many protests. Atalanta-Monza goes away with the fourth consecutive victory for the team of Gasperiniwho for one night placed third in the standings: Samardzic breaking the deadlock, Zappacosta closing out a match that seemed to be haunted. The Orobics smile, but chew bitterly instead Monza due to a goal disallowed due to a push by D’Ambrosio on Ederson in the previous action. An unclear decision, as reiterated by the protagonists at the end of the match.
The episode
What made people turn up their noses was the key action of the match. The referee, Piccinini from Forlì, annulled Vignato’s goal (it remains to be understood whether Djuric was offside or not) due to a push by the former Inter player on the Brazilian: “The goal disallowed? They have to explain to me why a goal is disallowed so, with Pablo Marì and Retegui who agreed to beat each other the whole match. I reviewed everything, but I don’t understand what a foul it is. I have my opinion and it’s never a foul ‘Ambrosio in his opinion. Football is the one between Retegui and Marì, otherwise it’s another sport,’ he declared Alessandro Nesta at the press conference. But beyond the decision, the coach wanted to highlight his team’s performance: “I didn’t see a big gap between us and Atalanta, until the goal we had done more than them. Then in the last 15-20 minutes we were less intense “.
Atalanta smiles
In the meantime the Goddess he smiles and enjoys a night in third place, awaiting the match against league leaders Napoli. Samardzic comes in and scores, Zappacosta too: the squad has expanded, as Gasperini said, and whoever comes in during the match always manages to be incisive. Not bad for someone who continues to surprise even after eight seasons spent at the top.