Atalanta U23s 1-1 Foggia
Cortinovis on the scoresheet
Earning a 1-1 draw with Foggia in Caravaggio, Atalanta U23s steady the ship and put the breaks on the rough patch.
Great start for the Nerazzurri in Caravaggio, with coach Bocchetti's side putting Foggia on the ropes early on and taking the reins of the game. The first chance came on 17 minutes with Navarro, whose edge-of-the-box shot ended up straight at the keeper. At the 23-minute mark, Guerini came up with a crucial save to deny Sylla, through on goal. Just a minute later a misstep by the Foggia keeper left the net wide open, but Camara couldn't capitalise.
On 39 minutes, Atalanta were awarded a penalty after FVS review, with Cortinovis making no mistake from the spot. Atalanta's push raged on, with Vavassori eventually breaking into the box, but going off target on 45 minutes.
The visitors drew level on 56 minutes thanks to a penalty converted by Ilicic. The Nerazzurri however stayed sharp and went all out to immediately restore their lead, with Misitano's header forcing a clutch save from Borbei in the 66th. Ten minutes later, it was Levak who found the back onf the net by tapping in the rebound on another Misitano header, with the goal ultimately ruled out for offside. Atalanta kept pushing forward and in the 80th minute Navarro let fly a powerful shot from distance, only to ve denied once again by the Foggia keeper. In the 82nd minute, Manzoni went on a brilliant solo run, weaving past defenders, but his effort was once again stopped by the goalkeeper.
ATALANTA U23s 1-1 FOGGIA
Scorers: Cortinovis 40 pen. (A), Ilicic 56 pen. (F)
Atalanta U23s: Vismara, Simonetto, Comi, Manzoni (Steffanoni 88), Cortinovis, Guerini, Navarro, Levak, Bergonzi (C) (Mencaraglia 62), Camara (Misitano 53), Vavassori. Unused Bench: Torriani, Sassi, Plaia, Cissè, Tornaghi, Colombo, Fiogbe, Papadopoulos, Lonardo. Coach: Salvatore Bocchetti.
Foggia: Borbei, Minelli, Ilicic (Pellegrino 68), Panico, Sylla, Oliva, Buttaro, Valietti (Garofalo 78), Pazienza (C), Olivieri, Winkelmann. Unused Bench: Perucchini, Magro, Bevilacqua, Staver, Agnelli, Castaldi. Coach: Delio Rossi.
Referee: Francesco D'Eusanio from Faenza.
Assistant referees: Giulia Tempestilli from Roma 2 and Roberto Palermo from Pisa.
Fourth official: Mario Picardi from Viareggio.
FVS operator: Nicola Morea from Molfetta.
Notes: Manzoni (A) Pazienza (F) booked