🔥 Atalanta beaten, young Cagliari, Torino impress: friendly results | OneFootball

Friendlies continue for Serie A sides as they move ever closer to the start of the league season. For some, the campaign will begin with the Coppa Italia, so the time left until their first official matches is getting shorter and shorter.

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Even on the first Sunday of August, there were several surprises from the friendlies.  

Union Berlin-Cagliari 2-2

A good test for Pisacane’s Cagliari, who for a few hours put the Esposito case to one side. The Sardinians, led in attack by youngsters Trepy and Mendy, had gone two goals ahead.

The Germans then grew into the game and in the 85th and 91st minutes they pegged the Sardinians back, making it 2-2.

Feyenoord-Atalanta 2-1

At De Kuip, Maurizio Sarri’s Atalanta were beaten in a European-flavoured clash that went into extra time. La Dea, who fielded their strongest lineup with Samardzic confirmed in midfield and Raspadori out wide in attack, lost 2-1.

Ueda opened the scoring in the 11th minute, but the usual, ever-reliable Krstovic replied, always lurking in the danger area. The goal for the final 2-1 was scored by van Persie, a son of the game. 

Burnley-Torino 0-1

An excellent test for Ignazio Abate’s Torino against Burnley, who were relegated to the Championship but are much further ahead in their physical preparation than the Granata.

The match ended 1-0, with the decisive goal scored by Ali Dembélé, a versatile defender who spent the previous six months on loan at Mantova in Serie B, where he performed well.

Trabzonspor-Udinese 1-0

Runjaic’s Udinese were beaten after trying out a new formation: the 4-3-3. There were good signs for the Friuli side despite the result.

Lovric was back in midfield after his loan spell at Verona: the Slovenian started, so keep an eye on the possibility of him staying. 

Parma-Iraklis 1-1

Cuesta’s Parma took on Walter Mazzarri’s Iraklis in a friendly, as the latter continue their run of warm-up matches in Italy. For the Ducali, it was a test with very few talking points in the first half and many more in the second thanks to the substitutions and fresher legs.

The scorer for Parma was youngster Mikolajewski. 

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