Coppa Italia Primavera: Atalanta 6-1 Virtus Entella
Nerazzurri through through to the Round of 16
Coach Bosi’s Atalanta Under-20s stormed into the Round of 16 of the Coppa Italia Primavera with a convincing 6–1 win over Virtus Entella at the Centro Bortolotti.
The Nerazzurri came flying out of the blocks and broke the deadlock after 15 minutes, as Artesani powered home a header from a Ramaj cross. Virtus Entella tried to react, but Atalanta continued to pile on the pressure: Bono went close with a long-range right-footer that shaved the post, and Artesani fired over shortly after. The second goal eventually arrived on 31 minutes, when Galafassi turned in from close range following a corner. In the closing stages of the first half, Bono had a golden chance to add a third on the counter, but Sanguineti came up with a key save.
After the restart, Virtus Entella attempted to close the gap through an Annoni effort from distance, while Atalanta nearly extended their lead again with Bono, who was once more denied by the visiting goalkeeper. What followed was a flurry of goals from Bosi’s side: Artesani bagged his brace on 63 minutes with a towering header from Mouisse’s pinpoint delivery, Mungari fired into the near bottom corner in the 72nd minute, and Aliprandi struck from the left on 81 minutes to make it 5–0.
Virtus Entella pulled one back late on through Matei, but the Nerazzurri had the final say as Parmiggiani rounded off the scoring to seal a 6–1 victory and a place in the Round of 16, where they will face defending champions Cagliari away from home.
ATALANTA 6-1 VIRTUS ENTELLA
Scorers: Artesani 15, 63 (A), Galafassi 31 (A), Mungari 72 (A), Aliprandi 79 (A), Matei 81 (VE), Parmiggiani 90 (A).
Atalanta: Anelli, Ramaj (Bilać 81), Galafassi (Gasparello 77), Mencaraglia, Artesani (Mungari 64), Rinaldi, Parmiggiani, Bono (Aliprandi 64), Michieletto, Arrigoni (Belli 77), Mouisse. Unused bench: Barbieri, Maffessoli, Cakolli, Baldo, Valdivia, Percassi. Coach: Giovanni Bosi.
Virtus Entella: Sanguineti, Bravoco (Simonelli 64), Saia (Annoni 46), Dayan (Traniello 46), Basso, Giovannetti, Demme, Conte, Perrone (Matei 46), Castelli, Caso (Riolfi 64). Unused bench: Maioli, Costantino, Mele, Ricciardi, Salicioni, Venturini. Coach: Massimo Melucci.
Referee: Francesco Aloise from Voghera (assistant referees: Alessandro Cassano from Saronno and Salvatore Nicosia from Saronno).
Notes: Giovannetti (VE) and Mouisse (A) booked.
Featuring on the cover is the starting line-up