Atalanta 1-0 Fiorentina
Lookman with the decisive goal
On matchday 8 of the 2022-2023 Serie A TIM, Atalanta claim a 1-0 victory over Fiorentina at the Gewiss Stadium.
On the day Gasperini joins Mondonico at 299 games in charge of our team at the top of the all-time coaches' list in the club's history, Atalanta rejoin Napoli at the top of the table on 20 points.
It was a hard-fought match although there weren’t many chances in the first half. Sportiello smothered Saponara’s and Barak’s efforts at the second attempt on 20 minutes and Atalanta had penalty appeals for a Quarta handball inside the box, which was judged legit by the referee. Koumè was shown the red card for dangerous play on Marten de Roon but the card was then revoked after a VAR on-field review in the 40th minute. Soppy also had an attempt before half-time, but Terracciano palmed the shot away.
The deadlock was broken in the 59th minute thanks to Muriel’s fabulous play, who pulled back from the left for Lookman, who just needed to tap in. On 67 minutes Muriel sent Mæhle clear on goal but the Danish wingback did not manage to beat Terracciano one-on-one. Fiorentina pushed hard looking for an equalizer but Atalanta threatened on counterattacks. Quarta charged down Lookman’s effort on 70 minutes and then Sportiello did well to beat Jovic’s angled drive away.
ATALANTA 1-0 FIORENTINA
Scorers: Lookman 59 (A).
Atalanta: Sportiello, Toloi (Demiral 74), Okoli, Scalvini, Hateboer, de Roon, Koopmeiners, Soppy (Mæhle 56), Éderson (Pašalić 56), Lookman (Malinovskyi 74), Muriel (Højlund 74). Unused bench: Rossi, Bertini, Boga, Zortea, Ruggeri. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
Fiorentina: Terracciano, Venuti (Terzic 68), Quarta (Duncan 86), Igor, Biraghi, Bonaventura (Amrabat 68), Mandragora, Barak (Jovic 75), Ikoné, Kouamé, Saponara (Cabral 86). Unused bench: Cerofolini, Gollini, Milenkovic, Maleh, Ranieri, Gonzalez, Zurkowski, Bianco. Coach: Vincenzo Italiano.
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati from Pistoia. Assistants: Stefano Del Giovane from Albano Laziale and Filippo Valeriani from Ravenna. Fourth official: Matteo Gariglio from Pinerolo. V.A.R.: Marco Di Bello from Brindisi. A.V.A.R.: Valerio Marini from Roma 1.
Notes: Bonaventura (F), Scalvini (A), Hateboer (A), Amrabat (F) booked.