Allegri made a show of wearing a jacket in the finale and left! But Miranchuk was left without a trophy
Georgy Ilyushchenko May 16, 2024, 00:25 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Juventus turned out to be stronger than Atalanta.
Alexey Miranchuk had an excellent chance to win the first trophy in Italy. But Juventus resisted and achieved a narrow victory.
Due to disqualification, team leaders Scamacca and Locatelli watched the match from the sidelines. Atalanta also has Kolasinac injured and Scalvini and Toloi are not in their best form. Gasperini again had to move De Rhone to defense, and Luckman was on attack with the support of Kopmeyners and De Ketelare. For Juve, from the first minutes Caviglia, who this season only played 255 minutes in Serie A, appeared in the support zone, in addition, on the left was another infrequent guest of the point guard, Ayling.
The first goal came already in the fourth minute: Vlahovic reacted to Cambiaso’s billiard pass, Filippo Inzaghi style caught the offside thanks to Djimsiti’s delay, escaped from Hin and beat Carnesecchi. Dusan went almost a month without scoring, keeping four clean sheets and scoring at the right time.
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The Bergamascos practically did not create anything in the first half, they never shot on goal and seemed to play at a speed of 0.5. And five of his six shots were blocked by his opponents. The Turin team did not bomb with chances either, but kept everything under control and was more precise. Gatti, for example, wasted a great opportunity and shot over the goal.
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During the break, Gasperini replaced the inert De Ketelare with the jet Toure. Atalanta took strong possession of the ball and ran to recover it. Lookman made an excellent long shot: due to Bremer’s block, the ball flew near the post. The referees also helped: Khin pushed Vlahovic in his area and hardly anyone would have argued much if referee Maresca had pointed to the penalty spot. But he and his VAR colleagues did not see any infractions.
In the 59th minute there was a triple castling: instead of Hin, Zappacosta and Pasalic, Scalvini, Hatebur and Miranchuk appeared. A few minutes later, Toloi replaced De Rona, who had previously stopped Vlahovic’s advance together with Carnesecchi. Gasperini used all the substitutions long before the final whistle. Allegri at that time replaced only Caviglia with Miretti.
Gian Piero Gasperini
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The changes helped Atalanta. The team moved faster and organized a surprising episode near Perin’s goal: Miranchuk powerfully connected with Ruggeri’s cross from 11 meters on the left. Precision failed. In response, Vlahovic scored from an offside position, thanks to VAR for monitoring him.
Then Lookman hit the post. So that the Bergamascos would not be so offended by the missed opportunity, Miretti shot the crossbar. And that’s it. Deserved success for Juve. Finally, Allegri took off his jacket and received a red card for being too emotional. He even dropped his tie! If Max is indeed replaced by Thiago Motta, the farewell will be bright.
Allegri threw away his tie
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Atalanta reached the Coppa Italia final for the third time in six years. The result is the same: defeat. Apart from the victories in Serie B and C, the Bergamascos have not won any trophy since the 1962/1963 season, when they won the Cup. Another opportunity has been missed and in the decisive Europa League match against the monstrous Bayer it was hardly it would be easier.
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