Atalanta U23s 5-2 Lecco
Goals galore in the last game of the first half of the season
Seeing the first half of the season off with a goals galore in Caravaggio, Atalanta U23s add three more points to their bounty with a 5-2 goleada over Lecco courtesy of the "brace duo" Cassa-Alessio, with the former also making his professional scoring debut, and Vlahović in between.
The game set off to a boisterous start as both teams opted for an offensive approach from the get-go. On 12 minutes came Atalanta's first chance of the game through Navarro, whose follow-up shot on a rebound from Alessio's previous shot led to Furlan's eventual deflection. On 15 minutes came the black-and-blue opener through Cassa: upon gathering the ball into the box, our number 31 cleaved his shot into the bottom corner to celebrate his very first professional goal. Lecco levelled the playing field in the 20th with Galeandro, who found the winning tap-in on Ilari's deflected shot. On 32 minutes Panada set up Vlahović with a quarterback pass and, after the Serbian's shot-on-goal got parried by Furlan, Alessio found himself in the right place at the right time to score on the rebound. On 34 minutes Obrić hogged the defensive spotlight to thwart Lecco's retaliation. In the 42nd Cassa went full-on "beast mode" and, after dribbling his way into the box, (master)crafted his brace with a finesse trivela finish.
On 52 minutes Lecco halved the deficit with Sipos. Atalanta U23s nonetheless completed the haul in the 64th through Vlahović, who vanquished Furlan in the mano-a-mano after leaving his marker in the dust. On 80 minutes coach Modesto's lads put the game on ice with Alessio's second of the game.
ATALANTA U23s 5-2 LECCO
Scorers: Cassa 15, 42 (A), Galeandro 20 (L), Alessio 32, 80 (A), Sipos 52 (L), Vlahović 64 (A)
Atalanta U23s: Pardel, Del Lungo, Gyabuaa (C) (Manzoni 75), Panada (Kraja 84), Obrić, Alessio, Cassa (Soppy 75), Bernasconi, Navarro, Bergonzi (Scheffer 33), Vlahović (Artesani 84). Bench: Bugli, Dajcar, Masi, Muhameti, Comi, Sodero. Coach: Francesco Modesto.
Lecco: Furlan, Celjak (C), Billong, Galeandro (Zuberek 73), Stanga, Ionita, Ilari, Sipos, Lepore (Mendoza 65), Kritta, Galli (Dore 73). Bench: Fall, Dalmasso, Oliva, Zuberek, Ceola, Polizzi, Padilla. Coach: Gennaro Volpe.
Referee: Mr. Giuseppe Rispoli from Locri;
Assistant referees: Matteo Lauri from Gubbio and Angelo Tomasi from Lecce;
Fourth Official: Marco Menozzi from Treviso.
Notes: Kritta (L) and Dore (L) booked.