This time no flicker to the last breath and Atalanta stumbles into the first draw of the season, failing to go beyond a 0-0 against a tough Bologna. Many, many potential opportunities created by Gasperini’s team, which, however, are unable to break down the red and blue wall and are forced to settle for just one point. Suffering and character for Mihajlovic’s team, which returns home with a very heavy point.
Three minutes on the clock and Orsolini would immediately have the chance to bring the Emilians forward, but he wastes it by putting on the bottom with his right foot from a very inviting position. The response of the people from Bergamo is not long in coming and comes in duplicate with Malinovskiy and Ilicic, whose left-handed players finish just a few minutes later. Close to the half hour it is another left-handed, that of Gosens, to worry Skorupski but good at relaxing and rejecting. Atalanta creates a lot and continues to do so even in the second half, but Bologna defends itself with order and character, making operations complicated for Gasperini’s men. At 60 ‘Gosens is still groped for the left, powerful but this time imprecise and ended at the bottom. The technician from Bergamo tries them all, turning the pieces of his attack and inserting fresh forces from the bench to go in search of the winning flash, but despite a great desire the right flame does not arrive. At the triple whistle only Mihajlovic’s Bologna smiles, leaving Bergamo with an excellent result.