Beto puts his head in it and at the last breath Udinese takes the point with Atalanta

BERGAMO. It is becoming the Beto zone. For the second match in a row, after the one against Bologna, Udinese equalized in the sprint with a header from its center forward, who reached the third consecutive center.

This time the Portuguese put his seal in full recovery, when Atalanta seemed to already have all three points in their pockets, thanks to a goal from Malinovsyi that arrived in a questionable way, more than for 68% of ball possession, rather sterile, given that in the end the Serie A League will detect 9 shots on goal each in its official statistics.

The Bianconeri’s merits are in the humble attitude and in the compactness exhibited from the first minutes. Luca Gotti surprised everyone with the solution to replace the suspended Pereyra and the injured Deulofeu, two big shots that required much more than two simple replacements.

Contarina’s coach redesigned Udinese with 3-4-3, a game system that will remind the more elderly of the raids with Alberto Zaccheroni on the bench, in the years that brought the Bianconeri to Europe for the first time.

The quality of the Poggi-Bierhoff-Amoroso trident can also be discovered by the youngest by scrolling through the videos of that team, in Bergamo there were Molina, Beto and Pussetto in front, with the first in an adapted position, considering that behind him he had Stryger Larsen .

On a strictly tactical level, however, it must be said that Udinese did not move back an inch, retaining the starting form until the moment of the final assault, but it was especially during the first half that he showed the best face of his trident, when Molina first hit the outside post at the end of a combination with Bero and then concluded with a high right over the crossing of the defensive posts from the former Musso.

Atalanta, despite possession of the ball, fresh from the fatigue of Manchester, struggled not a little to build a real goal action, only succeeding at the sunset of the first fraction, on a lineout reversed by the referee Marinelli, a sort of premonition of what would happen in the second half, when Udogie was literally knocked out by Ilicic, without the referee intervening to administer a sacrosanct free kick, while the ball rolled into a lateral foul. From the throw-in to the Atalantino goal it was like a flash that tore the game apart.

At that point Gotti considered a whole series of solutions to turn the game over, while Gasperini tried to close it with the restart weapon, inserting Muriel and Miranchiuk, but without finding the knockout blow.

On the other hand, here is Success for Molina and Arslan for Makengo, then Soppy for Stryger Larsen and Samardzic for Pussetto for an even more offensive 3-4-3. No way.

So here is Forestieri for Nuytinck, the move for a 4-4-2 with two attacking wingers and one less central defender.

It is played in the half of the field of the Goddess who runs the risk of scoring herself on a percussion by Becao and a deviation by Lovato.

Gasperini sniffs the pericOnly, he tries to shake his own and gets an expulsion which he disputes before slipping into the tunnel.

Then here is Beto’s flight from Samardzic’s corner: 1-1. Defeat avoided: it is the third draw in a row and Udinese have not won since the away match in La Spezia: it was 12 September.

ATALANTA (3-4-2-1) Musso, Lovato, Palomino, De Roon, Zappacosta, Freuler, Pasalic (29 ‘st Koopmeiners), Pezzella, Ilicic (19’ st Miranchuk), Malinovskyi (41 ‘st Scalvini), Zapata (19’ st Muriel). Coach: Gasperini.

UDINESE (3-4-3) Silvestri, Stryger Larsen (31′ st Soppy), Becao, Nuytinck (37′ st Forestieri), Samir, Udogie, Molina (19′ st Success), Walace, Makengo (19′ st Arslan), Pussetto (31′ st Samardzic), Beto. All. Gotti.

Referee Marinelli of Tivoli.

Markers In the second half, at 11 ‘Malinovskyi, at 49’ Beto.

Note Corners: 6-3. Stoppage time: 1 ‘and 6’. Bookings: Samir, Pezzella, Pussetto and Lovato. Expelled: Gasperini at 45 ‘st. Spectators: 9,951 for a collection of 194,732 euros.