Italian Cup, Bologna beats Atalanta (0-1) and flies to the semifinal

Bologna triumphs 1-0 against Atalanta, the Castro network decisive at 35 ‘of the second half which eliminates the Bergamo and semifinals the rossoblù in the semifinal. The journey of the men of Gian Piero Gasperini’s men stops after the victory against Cesena, the Italian team will face the winner of Juventus-Empoli, a match scheduled for February 26. The 4-2-3-1 designed by Vincenzo Italiano created a few scratches to the hosts who struggled to find the usual game plots. The first real opportunity was created at 7 ‘by Ederson, the Brazilian climbed a filter ball for De Ke Ketelare, the Belgian counted the rebounds before kicking, but the conclusion was deflected in a corner by Skorupski.

At 19 ‘the response of the Felsinei came, Ndoye’s shot ended on the bottom without worrying Rui Patricio. The Nerazzurri entrusted themselves more to the initiative of the individuals, at 42 ‘Hien – after a personal action – tried to surprise everyone with a shot from the imprecise limit. In the second half, the inertia did not change, the hosts tried to take advantage of the external lanes, the guests waited to try to take advantage of the restarts: after six minutes Djimsiti attempted the lunge, Bellanova’s shot was still intercepted one Time from Skorupski.

In the quarter of an hour of the second half Pobega went close to the network of the advantage, the intervention of Rui Patricio decisive, on the pitch instead of the injured Carnesecchi (the recovery in the challenge against the Champions League Club Bruges probably). Gasperini immediately sent Maldini and Posch to field, the two new arrivals on the winter market: at 29 ‘the former Monza, only in front of Skorupski, was unable to concretize the assist of Brescianini. Ten minutes from the end, Bologna found the goal of the advantage over a free kick, perfect the Lykogiannis cross, Castro anticipated Hien by scoring the 1-0 with a great header.