Quote from: Alanaz on Today at 08:53:56 AM

Quote from: bering on Today at 03:47:34 AM

Atalanta playing aggressively yesterday and really dominated the match because they have 40 total of shots and 17 shots on goals during a match but unfortunately they can't even score a single goal in this match and apparently the defense from Atalanta can play well because until the match ended the score has not change that Atalanta lose and after this result Atalanta final position at 8th under Fiorentina and they were failed to play at European competition for next season

In anything but scoring goals Atalanta did play really well and they dominated a lot but it wasn't enough.
Stulac's surprise goal in the 79th minute broke them and had to admit the visitors' advantage.

In this case I appreciate what Empoli did considering they were really solid in defense and patient in waiting for the mistakes of the Atalanta players and indeed disaster happened for Atalanta by maximizing the very small chance Stulac managed to surprise

Empoli's defensive performance was extraordinary, until Atalanta's forwards had difficulty scoring goals. Even Empoli's players didn't commit
many fouls, even though Atalanta played very aggressively by creating quite a few chances. But it must be admitted that Empoli defenders
are very patient in dealing with attacks from Atalanta players. Then what must be appreciated is how Vicario's appearance as the Empoli
goalkeeper is, Vicario was outstanding by making 9 important saves. It could be said that if Vicario didn't play well, maybe Atalanta could
have scored.

Maybe Atalanta's fault was that they were too focused on the attack, and lost concentration near the end of the game. Finally Leo Stulac scored
the winning goal for Empoli in the 79th minute, and made Atalanta fail to enter the top 7. This means that Atalanta will not play in any
European competition next season, even though the previous 3 seasons Atalanta have always played in the Champions League. This season Atalanta
has experienced a very drastic decline in performance.