No one deserved the player of the match award more than Marco Carnesecchi24 years old, another jewel of Eldorado Atalanta. Six decisive saves from a national team goalkeeper who literally has it in Cagliari the reinforced concrete wall was erected against whom Piccoli, Mina and Pavoletti clashed. The hands of Gasperini's goalkeeper protected the Goddess' consolidated primacy from Zaniolo's paw who electrocuted Sherri just 120 seconds into the match. Nicola's men have nothing to blame themselves for and only deserve applause: they showed pride and determination at the highest levels and would have deserved more if they hadn't crashed into the Carnesecchi shutter. If they continue to play like this, they will definitely save themselves. The truth is simple: you have numbers, records and players to chase the championshipwhen you win a match as tough as today, against an opponent who didn't stop fighting until the last second; when you discover that Zaniolo is proving to be lethal away from home (scoring in Stuttgart, Rome, Cagliari); when you have a coach who only needs 45 minutes of dissatisfaction to change the team in progress, drawing on the long bench, built in the summer by the company to legitimize its ambitions. Given that in the first half of the game the attack failed and, overall, the team was showing the enormous effort made less than 96 hours earlier against Real in the Champions League, Gasp shuffled the cards. Retegui, Brescianini and Hien out (blunt trauma to the chest); Lookman, Djimsiti and de Roon immediately entered, initially brought to the bench to take a breather, after 22 games and 2,109 minutes without respite, 3 goals and 1 assist. Another 19 minutes and here are Zaniolo and Samardzic for De Ketelaere and Pasalic. Auspicious moves, winning moves. Zaniolo's goal came from the feet of Samardzic who fed Bellanova who fed Nicolò. Followed by Lookman's post, before Cagliari charged headlong. Nicola tried everything, but, again, Carnesecchi closed the door. We know that the road that can lead to the championship is also paved with great parades.
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