- Andrea Belotti (79')
- Luis Muriel (6')
- Roberto Piccoli (90'+3')
Substitute Piccoli earns Atalanta dramatic late opening day win at Torino
Young substitute Roberto Piccoli struck deep into stoppage time to earn Atalanta a last-gasp 2-1 victory at Torino on the opening day of the Serie A season on Saturday.
Luis Muriel, who was only outscored by Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku in Serie A last season, opened his 2021-22 account in style by firing the visitors in front with a powerful strike in the sixth minute.
Club captain and Torino talisman Andrea Belotti came off the bench to level things up in the 79th minute, his long-range strike deflected over Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Musso, as the hosts appeared on course for what would have been a deserved point.
But an injury-hit Atalanta dug deep late on, with 20-year-old Piccoli, who spent last season on loan at Spezia, pouncing in the six-yard box to score his first goal for the Bergamo club and snatch victory at the last.
Elsewhere, in the evening's other late kick off, Lazio also got off to a winning start, coming from behind to win 3-1 at Empoli thanks to goals from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Manuel Lazzari and Ciro Immobile, all in the first half.
Game Information
Italian Serie A Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internazionale | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | +63 | 89 |
AC Milan | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | +25 | 70 |
Juventus | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | +21 | 65 |
Bologna | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | +22 | 63 |
AS Roma | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | +20 | 59 |
Atalanta | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | +24 | 57 |
Lazio | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | +8 | 55 |
Fiorentina | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | +13 | 50 |
Napoli | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | +9 | 50 |
Torino | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 46 |
Monza | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 44 |
Genoa | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 42 |
Lecce | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -18 | 36 |
Cagliari | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -23 | 32 |
Hellas Verona | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 31 |
Frosinone | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 31 |
Empoli | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 31 |
Udinese | 34 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -19 | 29 |
Sassuolo | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -30 | 26 |
Salernitana | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | -47 | 15 |