Atalanta blocked at home by Cagliari

Cagliari-Atalanta 0-0

The first of the three matches scheduled on Saturday in the Serie A championship, the one between Atalanta and Cagliari, ends with the score of 0-0. At the Gewiss Stadium the match è very tight and stingy of emotions, with the bergamaschi close to the goal only in the final and the rossoblù well pleased to return with one more point in the standings from the away match in Bergamo.

Really poor of emotions the first half: Atalanta manages the ball possession and thus tries to find spaces, but the team coached by Davide Nicola defends well and never offers the side to dangerous actions. The first fraction of the game thus slipsì away without jumps, on the scoreboard there are no goals, cards or other episodes.

Gian Piero Gasperini leaves Samardzic in the locker room after halftime and relies on Charles De Ketelaere, then opting at 56' for the ingerssi of youngsters Palestra (class 2005) and Vanja Vlahovic (2004) in place of Cuadrado and Retegui. On the other side, the first change came at 66', with Felici giving way to Coman a minute after the fourth Atalanta change, which saw Ederson replace Brescianini.

Around the half-hour mark, two more changes: De Roon for Sulemana in Atalanta, Marin for Deiola in Cagliari. The Nerazzurri begin to make themselves dangerous in the final phase of the match: between 85'and 90' there are no less than three interesting chances that happened at the feet of De Ketelaere, Vlahovic and Pasalic, but none are converted into goals.

The long recovery began with Pavoletti taking the place of Piccoli, at 95'the first and only two yellow cards also arrived, with Hien and Coman punished by Marchetti for a few too many mutual words just before the final whistle, which sanctioned the 0-0 result. Atalanta remains third with 51 points, Cagliari rises to 25 and keeps a good distance from the relegation zone.