U23s blast 3-1 past Nuova Sondrio in Caravaggio friendly
Riccio, Vavassori and Cisse turned match around with 2nd half goals
Coming back from behind, Atalanta U23s knocked Nuova Soundrio out 3-1 in their friendly first at the Caravaggio Municipal stadium with a second-half rally thanks to substitute Riccio, Vavassori and Cisse.
In the first half the Nerazzurri threatend on 29 minutes with a shot from Ghislandi, kept out by Uccelletti, and again in the 34th when Diao's header narrowly missed the target. However the visitors opened the scoring on 38 minutes through Vuka Kimolo.
Early in the second half, Cassa came close to equalising as his headed attempt bounced between the goalkeeper and the post yet failed to cross the goal line. On 70 minutes, Obrić came inches away from equalizer, only nicking the post before Riccio drew the scores level a few minutes later with a brilliant strike from distance. The breakthrough came in the 82nd, when Vavassori nodded Idele's weighted cross past the opposing keeper and into the back of the net. Goal number three came on the 3rd minute of stoppage time with Cisse.
ATALANTA U23s 3-1 NUOVA SONDRIO
Scorers: Vuka Kimolo 38 (S), Riccio 73 (A), Vavassori 82 (A), Cisse 90+3 (A)
Atalanta U23s: Sassi (Pardel 61), Guerini (Del Lungo 61), Berto (Obrić 61), Colombo (Riccio 61), Comi (Navarro 61), Manzoni (Mendicino 46), Ghislandi (C) (Idele 61), Bernasconi (Simonetto 61), Diao (Cortinovis 61), Lonardo (Vavassori 61), Cassa (Cisse 61). Unused bench: Tornaghi, Panada, Pounga, Capac, Misitano. Coach: Salvatore Bocchetti.
Nuova Sondrio: Uccelletti, Lemke (Bottazzi 46), Teixeira (C) (Dos Santos 46), Marras (Oliveria 46), Rizzo (Zaccone 46), Bertini (Tomaselli 46), Badjie (Chillemi 46, Amelia 81), Kean (Arsenijevic 46), Kremenovic, Marotta, Vuka Kimolo (Rizzi 61). Unused bench: Fabani, Panunzio, Saravia. Coach: Marco Amelia.
Referee: Andrea Santeramo from Monza.
Assistant referees: Abibakr Darwish from Milan and Michael Maraboli from Monza.
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