Today, Saturday 4 May 2024, the long-awaited final of the Lombardy Junior Cup was played.
Junior Lombardy Cup, Atletico At of Truccazzano wins the final: “Champions!”
It is the Giacinto Facchetti sports center Trezzano Rosa the stage of the final of Junior Lombardy Cup between the’Atletico At Of They wear makeupfor the occasion in a total black shirt, and theASD. City of Opera. And the audience is that of the big occasions, with the AT youth teams in the stands cheering on their under 19 team.
Brilliant match from the first minutes with At who seems to be leading the game and Città di Opera well positioned and ready to start again. And so it is: the first shot, in the 5th minute, is from outside the area by Rota (At), high over the crossbar, while the first real scoring opportunity came from the blue and whites three minutes later, thanks to an individual action on the right by Hole. At are back in attack shortly after, but still offside, while Città di Opera’s incursions result in a shot wide, far from the posts.
Atletico At’s advantage
At the 22nd he receives applause from the public on the 10th of the At Pretalli who enters the area with the ball at his feet, discards five but does not find the far corner of the goal. The goals of At arrives shortly after, in 25th. Maneuvered action that leads to a clash in the area: the ball is collected by Consonni who first shoots at the far post, hits the woodwork and the ball into the net. 1-0 for At.
Città di Opera felt the pinch and two minutes later lost their number 7 due to injury Powerful, the most active up to that moment; he enters in his place Colosetti. While Pretalli (At) takes over the midfield, Città di Opera shows up again in attack with Leonardis who steals the ball from the defense and shoots low one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Para Peppery, good at staying up until the end. An opportunity that, however, gives a shock: Opera becomes dangerous when attacking from the flanks with Iamundo And Gambini, but it does not affect the distance.
In the 43rd minute the first yellow of the match arrives, awarded to Buca (Opera) after a late intervention on the usual Pretalli. A minute later, Nicastro (At) falls in the area: for the referee it’s not rigor.
The final victory
There recovery it starts along the lines of the first half, with At busy dribbling and Città di Opera ready to counterattack with long balls on the flanks. The pace of the match increased, with a lot of physicality in the middle of the pitch despite the heat. In the 60th minute, a solitary action by Pretalli who wins the corner; from the corner, scrum in the area, save Amiranda. In the 65th minute, nice maneuver by Città di Opera, but Gambini shoots high. Teammate Leonardis had the best opportunity a minute later, put in front of the goal by a pass on the right: with an empty goal ball still sensationally over the crossbar. For ten minutes there is only the Opera on the field, but it does not materialize.
In the 70th minute the coaches begin to work on the bench, replacing the two number 2s, Manara (To you Wind hugger (Opera), with Manara (homonym for the At) e Trosani, after a mid-field clash. The others follow: in the 77th minute the goal scorer Consonni was out Powers for the At e Yasser for Buca per l’Opera. Shortly afterwards the number 9 also comes out for At Silvestriin its place Reccagni.
In the 80th there are the wingers of both teams, including Generous The walnuts of At, to show off, even shooting, but the ball ends up on the external net. The Opera tries everything, leaning forward, but his attackers can’t find the target. AT closes in defense: one player is very tired Rotainside Perrucchini. Opera tries, but doesn’t find the equalizer: in fact, they concede another At goal from Reccagni, entered shortly before, but it was disallowed for offside.
At the 90th the whole Opera is forward: Pretalli and Schifano on the way out they steal the ball from the Opera goalkeeper Amiranda, who has risen to midfield height (probably an unseen hand touch) and send their teammate Nicastro into the goal, who scores the second goal.
Final whistle: it’s 2-0! Smile At, you are champion!
