
Torino vs Atalanta 2021-22 Italian Serie A
Substitute Piccoli earns Atalanta dramatic late opening day win at Torino
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Cagliari | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Como | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics
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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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