| 41' | Yellow card for Freuler. | |
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40' | Substitution for Atalanta: debut for Koopmeiners, off Pessina. |
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37' | Double substitution for Atalanta: on Iličić and Piccoli, off Pašalić and Zapata. |
| 36' | Terracciano with another great save on Palomino's header from close range. | |
| 36' | Yellow card for Odriozola. | |
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31' | Double substitution for Fiorentina: on Castrovilli and Gonzalez, off Duncan and Callejon. |
| 30' | Gosens almost scored the equaliser but he hit the side-netting. | |
| 29' | Yellow card for Milenkovic. | |
| 27' | Double save by Terracciano, who deflects Zapata's finish and then blocks Djimsiti's header. | |
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21' | Double substitution for Fiorentina: on Amrabat and Saponara, off Torreira and Sottil. |
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20' | GOOOOAAAALLLL!!! DUVÁÁÁNNNN ZAPAAATAAAAA!!! Zapata scores from the spot and we pull one back!!! 1-2! C'MON GUYS!!! |
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19' | Penalty for Atalanta as there was a foul from Callejon on Gosens! |
| 12' | Yellow card for Igor. | |
| 9' | Mega chance for Zapata! The Colombian is denied by Terracciano after Malinovskyi's great through ball. | |
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5' | Double substitution for Atalanta: on Gosens and Malinovskyi, off Mæhle and Miranchuk. |
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4' | Vlahovic again with a penalty: 0-2. |
| 1' | Big second half needed! C'MON LADS!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
| 45' +4' | Fiorentina lead after the first half. | |
| 45' +2' | Yellow card for Bonaventura. | |
| 39' | Palomino's header from a corner goes wide. |
On matchday 3 of the 2021-2022 Serie A TIM, Atalanta suffer the first setback of the season, despite delivering a strong performance in a controversial match affected by VAR.
It was a strong start from the Nerazzurri, as Zapata tested Terraciano in the opening minutes when he burst down the right. In the 10th minute, Djimsiti thought he had given Atalanta the lead when he fired in from a tricky angle, but his goal was disallowed after the VAR check, as Zapata interfered with play. After a few corners for Atalanta, Vlahovic’s cross-shot was beaten away by Sportiello, whose deflection hit Mæhle on the arm. After checking the VAR again, the referee awarded a penalty to Fiorentina for handball, which was converted by Vlahovic in the 33rd minute. Palomino then tried to equalize but his header was wide. Sottil was then sent clear on goal but was blocked by Freuler. The first half ended with the visitors in the lead.
Only a few minutes into the second half, Fiorentina were awarded another penalty after Bonaventura was brought down by Djimsiti. The penalty was once again converted by Vlahovic. Zapata tried to pull one back after he was sent through by Malinovskyi on 55 minutes but he was denied by Terracciano. From that moment, Atalanta started pouring forward and pinning Fiorentina back. That paid off as Gosens was brought down in the box by Callejon and the referee awarded Atalanta a penalty after the VAR check. Zapata stepped up and sent Terracciano the wrong way, pulling one back for Atalanta on 65 minutes. Minutes later, Malinovskyi pass found Duvan Zapata, whose shot was saved by Terracciano with one hand and Gosens hit the side-netting after a Zapata pass. From that moment, it was Atalanta creating chances all the way. Zappacosta cut back inside and his cross was blocked for a corner, then he couldn’t get Koopmeiners’ pass under control. It’s 1-2 at the end of a controversial match.
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| 1 | Goals scored | 2 |
| 10 | Total attempts | 5 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 5 | Shots off target | 3 |
| 1 | Penalties | 2 |
| 9 | Assists | 2 |
| 16 | Crosses | 8 |
| 10 | Corners | 3 |
| 4 | Decisive interventions | 3 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Saves | 4 |
| 5 | Substitutions | 5 |
| 0 | Hit woodwork | 0 |
| Shirt number | Player | Role |
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| 1 | Juan Musso | Portiere |
| 2 | Rafael Toloi | Difensore |
| 6 | José Luis Palomino | Difensore |
| 7 | Teun Koopmeiners | Centrocampista |
| 8 | Mario Pašalić | Centrocampista |
| 19 | Berat Djimsiti | Difensore |
| 31 | Francesco Rossi | Portiere |
| 77 | Davide Zappacosta | Centrocampista |
| 91 | Duván Zapata | Attaccante |
