A closely rotated Atalanta facet had been held to a 0-0 draw at house to Cagliari in on Saturday afternoon, as Gian Piero Gasperini rested plenty of first-teamers forward of the Champions League re-match in opposition to Membership Brugge arising midweek.
Gasperini made a number of modifications following the disappointing and within the Champions League on Wednesday, handing rests to Marten De Roon, Ederson and Charles De Ketelaere.
Atalanta spent a lot of the primary half camped within the Cagliari half answerable for possession, but it surely was Lazar Samardzic with the one shot heading in the right direction from both facet by the top of the primary interval.
Elia Caprile was nearly punished for a sloppy cross out of the again, which landed on the ft of the Atalanta trequartista, who tried to bend a left-footed shot into the close to submit from the right-hand fringe of the world, however the keeper pulled out a good save to disclaim him.
Rafael Toloi, on for a uncommon Serie A begin, additionally tried to bend one in from the sting of the world, however his right-footed effort was excessive and extensive and sailed behind for a goal-kick.
La Dea ended the primary half with 65% of the possession, however no notably harmful probabilities to indicate for it.
Atalanta had the ball at the back of the web after an hour; Brescianiini prodding into an open internet from a nook, however the whistle blew shortly after for a foul on goalkeeper Caprile by Stefan Posch.
Atalanta felt there wasn’t an terrible lot within the free-kick given to Cagliari, however VAR can solely intervene if a transparent and apparent error has been made, and this name was not a manifestly apparent mistake.
Gasperini introduced on a mix of youth and expertise over the second half, introducing 19 and 20-year-olds Marco Palestra and Vanja Vlahovic, in addition to Charles De Ketelaere, Ederson and Marten De Roon, however none of them had been in a position to have a serious impression on proceedings.
Cagliari created plenty of half-chances within the remaining quarter, together with a sequence of 4 crosses within the area of two minutes, and a harmful free-kick from Augello, which finally went out for a objective kick.
There have been temporary appeals for an Atalanta penalty across the eightieth minute, and whereas there could have been a contact from Augello, there was no time for him to react and his arm was proper down by his facet.
De Ketelaere and Vlahovic saved their finest possibilities of the sport for the ultimate 5 minutes. The Belgian tried from the centre of the world and was blocked by Yerry Mina, whereas the younger Serbian was denied by an essential Caprile save.
