🧨Atalanta rally to beat Napoli 2-1, controversy over disallowed goal 😱 | OneFootball

Atalanta wins in a comeback 2-1 against Napoli with goals from Pasalic (61') and Samardzic (81'), overturning Beukema’s (18') opener. The match started off dull but became increasingly lively towards the end, with plenty of protests over a penalty revoked for Napoli and a goal disallowed for Gutierrez between the two halves.

La Dea moves to 45 points, just 2 points behind 4th-placed Roma, who will play later in the evening. Napoli remains at 50: the Champions League race is wide open.

The first half starts slowly and at the first chance Napoli scores in the 18th minute: Gutierrez’s free kick and Beukema heads in unmarked, a clear defensive error as both Buongiorno and Hojlund were also left unmarked. Atalanta responds with good play down the right, twice leading to shots from Kamaldeen Sulemana inside the box, stopped by Milinkovic-Savic.

At 40' Hojlund earns a penalty on Hien, then revoked by Chiffi at the monitor: a decision also supported by Marelli on DAZN. Early in the second half, another episode occurs: Hojlund tussles with Hien and then provides the assist for Gutierrez’s goal, the referee disallows the goal for a - debatable - foul by Hojlund. Marelli disagrees: "For me, it’s not a foul".

Atalanta’s substitutions improve their attacking phase, the teams stretch out but the 1-1 comes from a corner: Pasalic heads in from a Zalewski assist in the 61st minute.

Napoli struggles to move up the field and Atalanta completes the comeback with the substitutes: Bernasconi crosses and Samardzic heads in over Olivera for 2-1. Before today, Napoli had conceded only one headed goal in this league, but today they let in two.

🤯 Samardzic COMEBACK: 2-1! The stat on headed goals 👀

MINUTE 82 - The substitutions make the difference: Bernasconi (on since the 57th minute) crosses from the left, Samardzic (on since the 46th minute) rises above Olivera and the ball slips into the bottom corner.

This is only the 3rd headed goal conceded by Napoli in this Serie A season, who had only let in one before today.

🧨 Pasalic makes it 1-1! Never below 3 goals in a Serie A season

MINUTE 61 - Atalanta equalizes from a corner: Zalewski takes the corner from the left, the ball goes over Hojlund and reaches Pasalic who scores with a header. It’s Pasalic’s 3rd goal in this Serie A, and he has never scored fewer than 3 goals in a season since arriving in Italy.

😨 Goal disallowed for Napoli, Marelli: "For me, it’s not a foul"

MINUTE 46 - Hojlund at the start of the second half gets past Hien on the wing, with the defender falling to the ground. The cross reaches Gutierrez who scores into a semi-empty net, but the referee disallows everything for a foul by Hojlund.

Luca Marelli on DAZN disagrees: "Both Hien and Hojlund were holding each other but it’s very hard to see a foul, for me there’s no foul. Strange that there wasn’t a longer check, since the play was allowed to finish with Gutierrez’s goal".

🤯 60 meters with the ball by Alisson Santos, shot 🧱

MINUTE 47 - Alisson Santos starts from his own third, dribbles past Scalvini and pushes the ball forward to Krsotvic. The Brazilian “burns” everyone with his pace but fails to score from a tight angle. In terms of individual plays, Alisson Santos makes the difference.

❌ Penalty awarded to Hojlund, then revoked

MINUTE 40 - Hojlund tries to dribble past Hien, there’s contact between their knees and the referee awards a penalty. VAR calls him to the monitor and Chiffi revokes the penalty: "Hojlund did not suffer any foul". Hojlund reacts by putting his hands on his head.

A decision anticipated by Luca Marelli on DAZN: "There’s contact between the knees but the penalty is very soft. There’s no movement from Hien towards Hojlund, it’s a normal clash".

👀 Pasalic-Juan Jesus contact: no penalty

MINUTE 24 - Pasalic enters the box, avoids a challenge from Vergara and then trips after contact with Juan Jesus. Atalanta appeals for a penalty but referee Chiffi lets play continue, after consulting with VAR.

Decision shared by Luca Marelli: "With Pasalic, it’s part of the normal dynamics of a game clash".

💣 Beukema makes it 1-0! Where is Atalanta’s defense?

MINUTE 18 - Scalvini commits a naive foul on Hojlund, resulting in a dangerous free kick: Gutierrez crosses and Beukema heads in completely unmarked in the box. Atalanta’s defense was clearly at fault, as Buongiorno and Hojlund also jumped without marking anyone.

This is Beukema’s 2nd goal in this Serie A after the one he scored on his league debut, against Fiorentina.

⏰ 3-minute delay, earpiece problem

The match started a few minutes late due to a malfunctioning earpiece in the referee team, which was promptly replaced.

🗣️ The words of Conte and Palladino

Antonio Conte, Napoli’s coach, spoke to DAZN before the match against Atalanta.

"It will certainly be a match that requires a lot of energy. We want to dominate the game, we’re not the kind of team that waits, defends, and counters. Duels are important. When they play inside the pitch, they are devastating. Is Palladino worried about Hojlund-Vergara? They also have good players who do that. How is McTominay? For updates you need to speak to the doctors: Scott hasn’t trained with us since he got injured. He has tendon inflammation but it’s unclear when he’ll return. Speak only to the medical staff, not to me. After Genoa, he hasn’t trained. De Bruyne? The recovery time won’t be short, these are serious injuries and we’re seeing that with Lukaku."

Raffaele Palladino, Atalanta’s coach, spoke to DAZN.

"Ederson had some fatigue yesterday, he trained with the group but I don’t want to risk him, it would be a disservice to the player. He wanted to be there but I prefer not to risk it, there are still many games and I’m sure Pasalic will replace him very well. Sulemana starts today, he trained well and has always shown his value".

✅ Official lineups

ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Hien, Kolasinac; Bellanova, De Roon, Pasalic, Zappacosta; Sulemana, Zalewski; Krstovic.

NAPOLI (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Beukema, Buongiorno, Juan Jesus; Mazzocchi, Lobotka, Elmas, Gutierrez; Alisson, Vergara; Hojlund.  

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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