One time each and one point each. Put like this, the draw between Rome and Atalanta is only a logical consequence, but the 3-3 draw at the Olimpico was too good to be liquidated so quickly. Many things could be said about the Monday night of this second day, starting with the compliments for Gasperini's usual great Atalanta, which however lacked the lucidity to manage the match to the end and bring home a victory which, at a certain point, it even seemed obvious. However, the Nerazzurri are amply justified: the imminent away match in Copenhagen ended up weighing on choices (many big players left to rest, Papu Gomez above all) and physical strength, and then a point at Roma is accepted with a smile regardless. even if you were two goals up and the 3-3 only came in the 82nd minute.
Opposite reasoning instead in the yellow and red house, where the equal, albeit the result of a proud and, in some ways, unexpected comeback, is quite tight. Of course, Atalanta now deserves a big consideration and recapturing a match that seemed compromised still leaves a smile, Di Francesco however cannot think of raising the bar (translated to fight for the Scudetto) if his team continue to alternate sumptuous football with oratory errors. “At half-time I would have changed 6 or 7 – admitted the Giallorossi coach. – Atalanta was doing twice as much but we were too ugly to be true. Luckily we recovered after that and we had a great reaction, but I'm going crazy because I would like to see more attention".
Honest analysis by the Giallorossi coach, aware that the work to bring his team to fight for the top is still long. What happened between the second minute (Pastore's 2-1 step) and the 0th minute was unbelievable, with Atalanta scoring three goals (Castagne and Rigoni's brace) and Roma staring on. It seemed the prelude to a collapse that would have left very heavy aftermaths, especially on the day when Strootman set off for Marseilles for 38 million plus 25 in bonuses (“we certainly didn't point a gun at his head” Monchi's reply to the poisonous words of the Dutchman, who claims to have been unloaded), instead in the second half, as already seen in various fields in this crazy start to the championship, another match began.
Florenzi gave the shock with the percussion that led to 2-3 (60') and in the end, by dint of insisting, Manolas' 3-3 arrived, quick to take advantage of a set piece and beat Gollini (82'). In the final there was even room for two very chances that could have led to 4-3 (first Schick, then Kluivert), but also for a couple of Nerazzurri counter-attacks that made the Olimpico people sweat cold. The right result, therefore, is this, and as often happens in situations of this kind, nobody goes home really satisfied. Because games like this are especially fun for neutral spectators, certainly not for those who dream of raising the bar of their goals.
