45' +4' | Yellow card for Onana. | |
45' +1' | Yellow card for Correa. | |
45' | Yellow card for Soppy. | |
40' | Substitution for Inter: on Correa, off Lautaro Martinez. | |
37' | Yellow card for Lautaro Martinez. | |
32' | Substitution for Inter: on D'Ambrosio, off Dumfries. | |
27' | Another susbstituion for Atalanta: on Soppy, off Scalvini. | |
26' | Three substitutions for Inter: on Dimarco, Dzeko and Asslani, off Gosens, Lukako and Calhanoglu. | |
23' | Lookman's long-range attempt is smothered by Onana. | |
22' | Double substitution for Atalanta: on Éderson and Muriel, off Hateboer and Boga. | |
12' | Inter take the lead through Darmian. | |
9' | Double substitution for Atalanta: on Lookman and Højlund, off Pašalić and Zapata. | |
8' | Boga's cross is flapped away badly by Onana and then Mæhle fires over. | |
1' | 2nd half, KEEP FIGHTING LADS! #ForzaAtalanta |
45' +1' | All square after the first half. | |
45' | Mæhle's cross finds Zapata's header, which is off target. | |
41' | Calhanoglu thumps the post. | |
32' | Yellow card for Gosens. | |
1' | Kick-off in Milan! C'MON GUYS!!! #ForzaAtalanta |
Atalanta’s journey in the 2022-2023 Coppa Italia Frecciarossa ends at the quarter-finals stage as Inter edge out a 1-0 win at the stadium Meazza in Milan thanks to a second-half goal from Darmian.
The match proved to be a very balanced and hard-fought one since the opening minutes, with the first chance coming off Barella on 21 minutes: the shot was well smothered by Musso though. Calhanoglu had the opportunity to put the hosts ahead in the 41st minute but thumped the post with his left foot. Gosens, one of our former players, fired over on 43 minutes but the final chance of the first half was for Atalanta, as Mæhle whipped in a cross for Zapata, who scuffed the header.
The second half was much more lively and rich in goalscoring chances. Mæhle had the first one as he fired over from inside the box in the 54th minute and two minutes later, Lukaku’s header was smothered by Musso. Inter found the breakthrough 57 minutes into the game through Darmian, who turned Lukaku’s pass into the bottom corner. The hosts looked dangerous again with a wide Mkhitaryan shot but Atalanta started pushing forward in search of an equaliser, producing a Boga chance (with a left-foot effort that grazed the post) and a Lookman strike that was saved by Onana in the 86th minute. Despite several attempts in the dying minutes of the match, Inter held on to their lead and thus qualified for the semifinals.