45' +5' | The first leg culminates with the Nerazzurri suffering a narrow defeat. The return match will see the two teams hit the Gewiss Stadium's pitch on April 24. | |
43' | Last change for Atalanta:on Hateboer and off Holm. | |
40' | Change for Fiorentina: Ikone is subbed in for Belotti. | |
36' | Kouame is booked. | |
35' | Scamacca's finish is punched out for a corner by the opposing keeper. | |
33' | De Roon is booked. | |
33' | Substitution for Fiorentina: Arthur replaces Beltran. | |
32' | Fourth change for Atalanta: El Bilal Touré is subbed in for Lookman. | |
23' | In his pursuit for a winning deflection, Belotti's attempt gets deflected out for a corner. In the following corner-kick, Ranieri's finish misses the target. | |
21' | Goal Chance for Atalanta: after gathering Scamacca's pass, Lookman serves Bakker, whose angled drive ends up off target. | |
18' | Yet another Carnesecchi save on Gonzalez. | |
15' | Another change for Atalanta: on Bakker and off Ruggeri. | |
12' | Carnesecchi denies Gonzalez's header with a key save. | |
10' | Mandragora is booked. | |
4' | Atalanta go inches away from the goal with Hien, whose volley is parried by the opposing keeper. | |
1' | Double halftime change for Atalanta: Éderson and Scamacca replace Pašalić and Miranchuk. | |
1' | Second half begins! GO FOR IT!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
45' +1' | While we trail by one goal at halftime, there's still the whole second half to play. | |
42' | Gonzalez's curler hisses wide to the side. | |
31' | Fiorentina take the lead through Mandragora. | |
29' | Miranchuk is booked. | |
25' | Pašalić ignites Atalanta's counter by playing through to Koopmeiners, who sees his shot shielded by Mandragora. | |
24' | Carnesecchi parries Gonzalez's cross to preempt Belotti's finish. | |
23' | Despite the hosts' frantic play in Atalanta's box, the black-and-blue defence manages to foil Fiorentina's chances. In the end, the Nerazzurri are awarded a free-kick. | |
1' | First half begins at the Franchi stadium in Florence! C'MON LADS!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
The first leg of the 2023-2024 Coppa Italia Frecciarossa semi-final saw the hosts win 1-0 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence thanks to a first-half goal from Mandragora.
After Carnesecchi muted a couple of chances for Fiorentina, namely Beltran’s angled drive on 23 minutes and Nico Gonzalez’s cross-shot on 25 minutes, it was Mandragora who broke the deadlock for the hosts with a swerving strike from distance. On the stroke of half-time, Nico Gonzalez’s left-footed curler went wide.
The Nerazzurri came out fighting in the second half and threatened early on when Koopmeiners’ corner found Hien, whose shot was tipped around the post by Terracciano in the 49th minute. Carnesecchi’s work for the evening was far from over as the Atalanta goalkeeper denied Nico Gonzalez a 57th-minute header and a 63rd-minute angled shot to double the hosts’ lead. The Nerazzurri came close to equalising on 67 minutes: Lookman’s pass sent Bakker through on goal, but the Dutchman shot wide of the far post. Three minutes later, Ranieri shot wide from a corner. The Nerazzurri went all out in the final minutes but Scamacca’s 80th-minute effort from the edge of the box only stung Terracciano’s gloves.