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At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 11, the Italian Cup quarterfinals began to compete, and Atalanta faced Fiorentina at home. Atalanta is a very distinctive team that advocates offense. In the league, Atalanta played 23 rounds and won 12 games, ranking 5th, only 2 points less than 4th place Juventus in one less game. However, Atalanta has not been in very good form in recent times, having not won three consecutive Serie A matches, including draws with Inter and Lazio, losing to Cagliari. This time in the Coppa Italia, Atalanta played against Fiorentina. The two teams played each other in the third round of the league, when Atalanta lost at home to Fiorentina. This time again, Atalanta lost to Fiorentina and was eliminated.
In this game, Atalanta lined up in a 3421 formation. Musso served as the starting goalkeeper. Jimcidi, De Miral and Palomino are paired at 3 defenders. Hartbauer, De Jongn, Floyle and Zapa Costa form a four-midfielder. The attacking combination of Malinovsky, Boga and Passaric joined forces. Fiorentina, on the other hand, had a 433 formation, with Pianteque, Sabonara and Nicolas Gonzalez starting out.
Fiorentina took the lead after the start of the match and had good luck, getting a penalty early and taking the lead by Piantek. Trailing Atalanta had to step up its offense, gradually finding the rhythm of the offense and more opportunities. Among them, Zapa Costa seized one of the opportunities and scored a goal to equalize for Atalanta. Boga almost scored the goal of the counter-score, but unfortunately the shot was rejected by the upright. The score at half-time was 1-1! Atalanta had 52% possession in the first half, with 5 shots on goal, 1 shot on target and 1 goal. Fiorentina had seven shots on goal and four on target in the first half, but only scored one goal.
The second half was easy to fight again. Poga relied on his personal ability to break through the door of Fiorentina and let Atalanta reverse the score. However, the Atalanta backline again made a fatal mistake, giving Fiorentina another chance to take a penalty. Although Piantek's penalty was saved, he scored a shot. The two sides are back on the same running line again. Lucas Martinez was then sent off with a red card for a foul, and Atlanta mostly fought alone.
It would have been a good opportunity for Atalanta to seize the opportunity to win the game. However, Atalanta messed up, conceding the ball in the second reading stage of stoppage time, and Mirenkovic scored from a distance to complete the shootout. Substitute Mirrenkovic made a great contribution! Gasperini on the sidelines was dumbfounded, not expecting the team to lose in such a way. In the end, Atalanta lost 2-3 to Fiorentina with one more man to fight, and it was really incredible. It was a great victory for Fiorentina!