Torino vs Atalanta 2021-22 Italian Serie A
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.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 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.
- 23': Merih Demiral (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Substitution, Torino. Tomás Rincón replaces Sasa Lukic.
- 52': Tomás Rincón (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Substitution, Atalanta. Sam Lammers replaces Luis Muriel.
- 56': Substitution, Atalanta. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Josip Ilicic.
- 65': Substitution, Torino. Andrea Belotti replaces Antonio Sanabria.
- 71': Bremer (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Substitution, Torino. Armando Izzo replaces Bremer because of an injury.
- 74': Substitution, Torino. Simone Verdi replaces Marko Pjaca.
- 76': Substitution, Atalanta. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
- 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.
- 81': Juan Musso (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 83': Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Lovato replaces Merih Demiral.
- 83': Substitution, Atalanta. Roberto Piccoli replaces Robin Gosens.
- 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.
Game Information
Venue: Olimpico Grande Torino
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 3,475
Italian Serie A Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +27 | Internazionale | 21 | 49 | 4 |
| +17 | AC Milan | 20 | 43 | 1 |
| +14 | Napoli | 21 | 43 | 4 |
| +12 | AS Roma | 20 | 39 | 7 |
Statistics
ATA |
TOR![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Torino (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK) |
| 3 | Bremer |
| 13 | Ricardo Rodríguez |
| 26 | Koffi Djidji |
| 38 | Rolando Mandragora |
| 10 | Sasa Lukic |
| 34 | Ola Aina |
| 17 | Wilfried Singo |
| 19 | Antonio Sanabria |
| 11 | Marko Pjaca |
| 77 | Karol Linetty |
Atalanta (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Musso (GK) |
| 28 | Merih Demiral |
| 6 | José Palomino |
| 19 | Berat Djimsiti |
| 32 | Matteo Pessina |
| 88 | Mario Pasalic |
| 8 | Robin Gosens |
| 3 | Joakim Maehle |
| 9 | Luis Muriel |
| 18 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| 72 | Josip Ilicic |
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