59' - 71' |
Udinese responded immediately with substitutions as their coach Andrea Sottil made changes designed to push more numbers forward, and Beto entered the match to provide additional attacking threat alongside their existing forwards.
For a brief spell between the sixtieth and sixty-fifth minutes Udinese pushed Atalanta deeper than they'd been all match, and the home side defended territory rather than controlling possession.
In the sixty-second minute Beto won a header from a long ball and flicked it toward Pereyra who had found space at the edge of the penalty area, and the Argentine's shot came with power but lacked placement and Musso saved comfortably.
The away section made noise for their team's effort and drums beat faster while white flags waved, and several Udinese players gestured for their teammates to keep pushing because conceding a fourth would make the defeat humiliating rather than just disappointing.
