Italian League Serie A: Atalanta Fall At Home, Beat Cagliari 1-2

Gaston Pereiro (white), the Cagliari midfielder who was involved in the team's 2-1 win over Atalanta in the Italian Serie A in Bergamo on Sunday 6 February 2022. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Atalanta surprisingly lost to Cagliari with a score of 1-2 at home in the match week 24 of the Italian League at Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo, Sunday. Gaston Pereiro brought two goals for the visitors, while Atalanta had to finish the match with ten players. because of the red card goalkeeper Juan Musso scored one goal back through Jose Luis Palomino, according to the Italian League's official website. This result makes Atalanta stuck in fourth place in the Italian League standings with a collection of 43 points or seven points adrift of Napoli who are in third position. Atalanta even threatened to be overtaken by Juventus, who are only one point behind in fifth and only played on Monday morning against Verona. After the first half ended goalless, Pereiro broke the deadlock five minutes after the break with a right-footed shot that put Cagliari 1-1 up. 0.Two minutes later, Atalanta were forced to play with ten men because Musso violated Pereiro's hard ape and was immediately given a red card by the referee. Despite playing with an unequal amount of play, Atalanta actually managed to equalize the position in the 64th minute through Palomino's header to complete the corner kick situation Unfortunately, the draw did not last long because four minutes later Pereiro scored his second goal using Raoul Bellanova's cross in a wave of counter-attacks and Cagliari's 2-1 lead was able to be maintained until the whistle sounded.