On matchday 26 of the 2021-2022 Serie A TIM, Fiorentina win 1-0 at the Stadio Franchi in Florence.

The Nerazzurri played wearing black armbands to mourn the death of Pierluigi Frosio, Atalanta’s coach in the early 1990s. The first chance was for the hosts, with Gonzalez’s header well smothered by Musso. The Nerazzurri reacted to it through Koopmeiners in the 33rd minute, whose shot was parried by an on-rushing Dragowski. Before half-time, Musso pulled off a great save on Sottil’s shot. 

In the second half, the deadlock was broken in the 56th minute through Piatek, who cut inside and beat Musso. A controversial incident and subsequent dissent from the Nerazzurri occurred in the 62nd minute: Pezzella sent Malinovskyi through on goal, who scored the equalizer, but the goal was disallowed for Hateboer’s offside, who was judged to interfere with play. It ends 1-0 at the Franchi.

FIORENTINA 1-0 ATALANTA

Scorers: Piatek 56 (F)

Fiorentina: Dragowski, Odriozola, Milenkovic (Qarta 67), Igor, Biraghi (Terzic 76), Bonaventura (Maleh 76), Torreira (Amrabat 38), Castrovilli (Duncan 67), Gonzalez, Piatek, Sottil. Unused bench: Rosati, Callejon, Saponara, Cabral, Ikonè, Venuti, Nastasic. Coach: Vincenzo Italiano.

Atalanta: Musso, Toloi (Scalvini 76), Demiral, Djimsiti (Pašalić 59), Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler (Pessina 59), Zappacosta (Pezzella 59), Koopmeiners, Malinovskyi, Boga (Mihaila 82). Unused bench: Rossi, Sportiello, Mæhle, De Nipoti. Allenatore: Gian Piero Gasperini.

Referee: Daniele Doveri from Roma 1.
Assistants: Alessandro Costanzo from Orvieto and Matteo Passeri from Gubbio.
Fourth official: Francesco Meraviglia from Pistoia.
V.A.R.: Luca Banti from Livorno.
A.V.A.R.: Stefano Liberti from Pisa.

Notes: Gasperini (A) sent off on 63 minutes for dissent; Milenkovic (F), Amrabat (F), Djimsiti (A), Malinovskyi (A), Demiral (A), Toloi (A), Sportiello (A) booked.