| 45' +6' | Red card for Muriel. | |
| 45' | Yellow card for Thorstvedt. | |
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41' | Double substitution for Sassuolo: on Thorstvedt and Harroui, off Lauriente and Obiang. |
| 39' | Yellow card for Zortea. | |
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35' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Muriel, off Ruggeri. |
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32' | Substitution for Sassuolo: on Alvarez, off Defrel. |
| 24' | Yellow card for Defrel. | |
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22' | Cambio anche per il Sassuolo: entra Bajrami, esce Henrique. |
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21' | Double Substitution for Atalanta: on Zapata and Pašalić, off Højlund and Hateboer. |
| 19' | Koopmeiners' ferocious free-kick is beaten away by Consigli. | |
| 18' | Yellow card for Lauriente. | |
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10' | Lauriente scores for the hosts. |
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1' | Substitution also for Sassuolo: on Marchizza, off Rogerio. |
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1' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Boga, off Lookman. |
| 1' | 2nd half, keep fighting lads! C'MON GUYS!!! #ForzaAtalanta |
| 45' +2' | It's all square at the break. | |
| 43' | Yellow card for Scalvini. | |
| 33' | Yellow card for Rogerio. | |
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33' | Substitution for Atalanta: on Ruggeri, off Éderson. |
| 30' | Red card for Mæhle. | |
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29' | VAR calls the referee back. |
| 28' | Yellow card for Mæhle. | |
| 7' | Musso pulls off a huge save on Defrel's effort. | |
| 1' | Match is starting in Reggio Emilia! C'MON GUYS!!! #ForzaAtalanta |
Sassuolo edged out a 1-0 victory at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia on matchday 21 of the 2022-2023 Serie A TIM as 10-man Atalanta had to do without Mæhle since the half-hour mark. Laurienté’s goal in the second half proved decisive in the end.
Sassuolo had the first chance of the game within 7 minutes, with a Defrel effort that was fingertipped away by Musso. Our goalkeeper’s gloves were stung again minutes later by Henrique from a tight angle. At the half-hour mark came the incident that changed the game, as Mæhle anticipated Berardi and then could not avoid hitting the opponent’s leg while sliding in; the referee booked the black-and-blue winger for the challenge, but then changed his mind after a V.A.R. on-field review, showing the Dane a straight red card. Atalanta were down to ten men for over an hour of play. Before half-time, Zortea fired straight at the goalkeeper and Berardi’s free-kick was just wide, but 10-man Atalanta managed to hold out very well.
Laurienté found the breakthrough in the 55th minute with a right-foot curler into the far bottom corner. Despite being one man down, Atalanta reacted with pride, determination and guts, coming close to equalizing with Koopmeiners’ free-kick on 64 minutes, which was beaten away by diving Consigli. In the 73rd minute, Scalvini’s block on Bajrami’s shot was decisive. Zapata and Boga quickly combined on 78 minutes but their play was blocked by the Sassuolo defenders. Coach Gasperini played all his attacking cards in search of an equaliser and Musso parried Bajrami’s close-range shot in the 82nd minute to keep the margin unchanged. Atalanta kept pushing hard until the dying minutes of the match, piling on the pressure; that produced a Zapata header from Boga’s cross, which was over the bar, and a de Roon cross-shot that was beaten away by Consigli. Muriel was also sent off on 96 minutes for dissent, meaning that 9-man Atalanta were handed a 1-0 defeat to Sassuolo at the Mapei Stadium.
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| 1 | Goals scored | 0 |
| 14 | Total attempts | 5 |
| 9 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 5 | Shots off target | 3 |
| 0 | Penalties | 0 |
| 13 | Assists | 4 |
| 12 | Crosses | 9 |
| 2 | Corners | 7 |
| 0 | Decisive interventions | 6 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 2 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 6 |
| 5 | Substitutions | 5 |
| 0 | Hit woodwork | 0 |
