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43' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Boga, off Lookman. |
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41' | Double substitution for Monza: on Izzo and Gytkjaer, off Caldirola and Mota Carvalho. |
| 40' | Scalvini skips past a defender and fires at the near post but Di Gregorio palms it wide. | |
| 35' | Yellow card for Scalvini. | |
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31' | Double substitution for Monza: on Colpani and Molina, off Sensi and Birindelli. |
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31' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Mæhle, off Éderson. |
| 30' | Yellow card for Rovella. | |
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24' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Petagna, off Caprari. |
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20' | GOOOOAAAALLLLLLLL!!! ADEMOOOOOLAAAA LOOKMAAAAAN!!! Éderson bursts down the right and plays in a ball for Lookman, who comes sliding in and beats Di Gregorio! 0-2! C'MON GUYS!!! |
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12' | GOOOOAAAALLLLLLLL!!! RASMUUUUUS HØJLUUUUUND!!! Lookman rolls it across for Højlund who gets to it before everyone and makes it 0-1! C'MON GUYS!!! |
| 11' | Atalanta counter with Koopmeiners through on goal but his finish is saved by Di Gregorio. | |
| 6' | Éderson bursts into the box set up by Koopmeiners but hits the side netting. | |
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3' | Éderson through ball for Højlund, who thumps the post from a tight angle. |
On matchday 5 of the 2022-2023 Serie A TIM, Atalanta win 2-0 at the U-Power in Monza which earned them a historic top spot in the league table after five games.
Monza got off to a strong start as Musso had to first smother Caprari’s close-range finish in the first minute and then palm out Sensi’s long-range shot from the top corner on 4 minutes. Di Gregorio was also tested in the other box, as he smothered Éderson’s finish at the second attempt on 38 minutes and just before half-time (45′) Malinovskyi’s corner kick was deflected off Caldirola, who almost scored an own goal.
Atalanta’s expression grew in the second half and Højlund immediately threatened on 49 minutes by hitting the post from a tight angle. Then Éderson hit the side-netting two minutes later, and Lookman forced Di Gregorio into a save with a tricky cross-shot in the 52nd minute. Højlund broke the deadlock in the 57th minute, scoring his first Serie A goal on his first start by making the most of Lookman’s perfect cross (the goal was first disallowed for offside and then validated after a V.A.R. review). Atalanta doubled their lead on 65 minutes when Éderson found Lookman at the back post and had the ball in the net after Marlon failed to block the shot. Monza tried to come back through Colpani on 78 minutes but Scalvini almost added a third in the 85th minute after a good move. It ended 2-0 at Monza and now Atalanta are at the top of the Serie A table alone on 13 points for the first time in the club’s history after five games.
MONZA 0-2 ATALANTA
Scorers: Højlund 58 (A), Marlon own goal 65 (M).
Monza: Di Gregorio, Marlon, Pablo Marì, Caldirola (Izzo 87), Birindelli (Molina 77), Pessina, Rovella, Sensi (Colpani 77), Carlos Augusto, Mota (Gytkjaer 87), Caprari (Petagna 69). Bench: Cragno, Machin, Barberis, Valoti, F. Ranocchia, Antov, Marrone, Bondo, Izzo, S. Vignato, Ciurria. Coach: Giovanni Stroppa.
Atalanta: Musso, Hateboer, Toloi, Demiral, Zappacosta (Soppy 46), Koopmeiners, de Roon, Lookman (Boga 89), Éderson (Mæhle 77), Malinovskyi (Scalvini 72), Højlund (Pašalić 72). Bench: Rossi, Sportiello, Okoli, Zortea, Ruggeri. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi from Macerata.
Assistants: Daniele Bindoni from Venice and Davide Imperiale from Genoa.
Fourth official: Andrea Colombo from Como.
V.A.R.: La Penna from Roma 1.
A.V.A.R.: Oreste Muto from Torre Annunziata.
Notes: Rovella (M), Scalvini (A) booked.
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| 0 | Goals scored | 2 |
| 9 | Total attempts | 10 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 6 | Shots off target | 5 |
| 0 | Penalties | 0 |
| 7 | Assists | 9 |
| 8 | Crosses | 15 |
| 4 | Corners | 9 |
| 1 | Decisive interventions | 1 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 5 | Substitutions | 5 |
| 0 | Hit woodwork | 1 |
