Italian Serie A

Torino vs Atalanta 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 79': Andrea Belotti
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1 - 2
  • 6': Luis Muriel
  • 90'+3': Roberto Piccoli

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

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Olimpico Grande Torino
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 3,475

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+10 AC Milan 13 28 1
+9 Napoli 13 28 3
+15 Internazionale 13 27 4
+8 AS Roma 13 27 4
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Statistics

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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

Line-Ups

TOR Torino (3-4-3)

No. Name
32 Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK)
3 Bremer Yellow Card
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

ATA Atalanta (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Juan Musso (GK) Yellow Card
28 Merih Demiral Yellow Card
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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