Sturm Graz-Atalanta 2-2 on the third day of group D of the Europa League. NEWS
It was a missed victory in Graz but the top of the standings in group D of the Europa League remains with Atalanta, as do the three points ahead of Sporting Lisbon, who were also stopped at a draw in Poland. At Sturm’s home, the Bergamo team immediately went down with a substantial own goal and came back with a brace from Muriel facilitated by the VAR in the 2-1 from the penalty spot in infinite injury time (8′) before the break. But it wasn’t enough: in the second half, with the Austrians down to ten men after just 7 minutes, another handball, this time by Kolasinac on the short side on the left, caused the home penalty to make it 2-2. Thus the possible trio fades away, but Atalanta’s disappointment is mitigated by the half-failure of the Portuguese with the last in the standings. The first half, until injury time, seemed just a back and forth between Prass and Muriel. Toloi displaces Musso by deflecting the Austrian’s right-footed return shot (13′) served on the restart by Kiteishvili, who was also a star in the 23rd minute when he offered it from the back for Gorenc Stankovic’s dunk for the second goal foiled by the Bergamo team’s goalkeeper and in the 40th minute when he intercepted the clearance from outside the area by the same Argentine international, missing the goal with his header from 45 metres. The photocopy of the 1-0 action leads Prass to opt this time for the called left-footed shot (25′), but Ilzer’s men hold up poorly on a physical level. And so the Bergamo players allow themselves three dress rehearsals of draws. Lookman was recovered by Wuhtrich on Ruggeri’s throw (17′) and then saw the left-handed volley rejected by the omnipresent Kiteishvili, served to him in the 28th minute from the edge of the winger who grew up in Zingonia on the free kick won by the double player at the Merkur Arena. In the 34th minute Wuhtrich dribbles it back to place it in the corner after a rebound on the midfield between Kolasinac and Gazibegovic. In the 2nd minute of injury time, Zappacosta jumps Dante for the left foot hit on Stankovic’s left arm: five minutes between checking and watching the action on the sideline and referee Strukan opts for the penalty, achieved after an unsettling jump. In the second half the Colombian, cued on the run by Lookman, comes close to scoring a hat trick but kicks onto Scherpen’s big foot (2′). Five minutes later the madness of the home captain Hierlander, who had already been booked for skirmishes with the Nigerian from Atalanta before the overtaking penalty, held back Ruggeri, leaving his team numerically inferior. They try to make it 3-1 Ederson (9′) fed by the previous one, Lookman (11′) who chews Muriel’s A centrally, Koopmeiners (14′) from a free kick which goes to the right, Djimsiti in the mix supported by Kolasinac after the empty exit on Zappacosta’s corner (21′), Scamacca (save in two halves, then a free-kick that comes close to seven in the 29′) from distance and Hateboer (high unopposed) on an opening by De Ketelaere (27′), but watch out for Boving who launched by his goalkeeper forces Hateboer to rebound after half an hour. Then, the patatrac, with Kolasinac widening his hand (Var, another time) in the rebound with Horvat on Gazibegovic’s throw-in: Wlodraczyk makes it 2-2 from 11 meters (35′). Ederson flees to the left, unloading for Scamacca, who misses the target on the turn (42′). He ends up like this, with regrets.
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2023-10-26 18:57:00
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