The ride on the Calcio Trento carousel ends immediately. The eagles gave way to Caravaggio 3 – 1 on the Atalanta Under 23 pitch at the end of a match which saw the eagles protagonists of a convincing first half only to then fail to repeat themselves in the second half. The match was, in fact, decided in the space of a minute: in the 45th minute a header by Cappelletti grazes the post of the Bergamo goal while Bonfanti scores the 2 – 1 on a header from the front. Thus ends the 2023 – 2024 yellow-blue season in the first round of the playoffs. Mister Baldini relies on the classic 4 – 3 – 1 – 2 by deploying Russo between the posts, Frosinini on the right and Obaretin on the left with Trainotti and Cappelletti manning the central area of the defense. In the middle of the field Rada, Sangalli and Di Cosmo with Giannotti as attacking midfielder (Anastasia out at the last minute) behind the attacking tandem of Italeng and Spalluto. Ready to go and the eagles are ahead thanks to a super percussion from Obaretin who offers Spalluto a ball that just needs to be pushed into the net. The Bergamo rearguard proves anything but up to par. The hosts, however, immediately found the equalizer with Cissé who made the most of a central percussion on the edge of Jimenez’s offside, beating an indecisive Russian. Baldini’s team takes control of the game, in the 25th minute Bonfanti becomes dangerous with a shot from the edge of the area while Frosinini and Giannotti are booked. The match becomes nervous and Italeng also ends up in the match director’s notebook, the yellow-blues gain precious meters, coming close to doubling their lead first with Trainotti and then in the melee with Italeng. In the 44th minute Trento comes close to making it 1 – 2 with a close-range header by Cappelletti which goes out a few centimeters from the post to the right of Vismara. As often happens in football, a missed goal corresponds to a goal conceded: Bonfanti takes care of a corner kick (just like in the championship) to score the second goal for the Lombards. At the beginning of the second half, Baldini brought on Pasquato in place of Sangalli, time passed inexorably and for the yellow-blues who necessarily had to win the situation became increasingly complex. The Tuscan coach tries to mix the cards further by giving space to Satriano and Puletto by removing Spalluto and Giannotti but the pace continues to remain low. In the 65th minute it was Jimenez who warmed Russo’s gloves, two minutes later it was again the player owned by Salernitana who made himself dangerous with a diagonal shot from 15 metres. Pasquato would have a free kick available from his tile but loses his balance before impacting the ball, in the 81st the usual Jimenez instead makes no mistake, clearing Frosinini and making it 3 – 1 for Atalanta Under 23. Thus the curtain falls on the playoff adventure of the club from via Sanseverino.
