Atalanta, after the goleada rifilata against Verona (0-5) in the league in which Retegui’s star shone once again – the Argentine scored 4 goals at the Bentegodi and is increasingly the top scorer – had to swallow a bitter pill in the Champions League. The 2-1 defeat in Belgium against Club Brugge in the first leg of the play-off for access to the round of 16 is nothing irreparable – in the coming week Dea will have a chance to put things right in front of their own public – but the very generous penalty kick conceded by the match director in the final minutes was a real mockery for the Nerazzurri.
The Belgians would undoubtedly have deserved something more than a draw for what they showed, thanks to a somewhat too passive Atalanta. However, the referee’s oversight remains glaring, not corrected even by Var, an absurd episode that sent Gian Piero Gasperini into a rage.
De Roon and his teammates will now try to vent their anger in the league match with Cagliari, a match not to be missed to stay in touch with the two teams that are vying for first place, Napoli and Inter, -5 and +4 respectively. On the other side are the Sardinians, refreshed by the important and suffered victory in the direct clash with Parma, bent 2-1 thanks to an own goal by Vogliacco and a goal by Coman. Precious success for Davide Nicola’s men, who thus filed away their two defeats in a row against Torino and Lazio and moved to +4 on the red zone.
Atalanta-Cagliari: the latest lineup news
With a full infirmary – Kossounou, Scamacca, Lookman, Scalvini, Kolasinac and probably newcomer Maldini are out as well – Gasperini will have to dose his energy ahead of the return match with Club Brugge. In the three-quarter, Brescianini is a candidate for a starting shirt, while on the right lane Bellanova and Ruggeri are ahead of Cuadrado and Zappacosta. In defense there is the former Bologna Posch.
The Cagliari lineup should not be too different from the one that took the field against Parma and the only ballots are from the waist up. Viola on the three-quarter seems to have a better chance to start from the 1′ than Gaetano, on the left instead Coman after the good test with the Ducali seasoned by the goal insinuates Felici.
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The Prediction
Period of strong discontinuity for Atalanta, which has won only one of the last 5 matches played between league and cups. And Cagliari, which has beaten the Gewiss Stadium 2 times since 2019, could take advantage of the Dea’s instability, distracted by the Champions League as well. So we expect a more balanced match than expected, with the Sardinians expected to manage to score at least one goal.
Atalanta-Cagliari
ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Posch, Hien, Djimsiti; Bellanova, Ederson, de Roon, Ruggeri; Brescianini, De Ketelaere; Retegui.
CAGLIARI (4-2-3-1): Caprile; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello; Makoumbou, Adopo; Zortea, Viola, Felici; Piccoli.
