In the third friendly of the season, Atalanta beat Pordenone 2-1 at the Gewiss Stadium in front of 1000 fans.
Atalanta took the early lead through Piccoli, who nodded Gosens’ corner kick in. The visitors then equalised through Tsadjout on 14 minutes, as Pordenone were awarded a penalty and the striker converted from the spot. The Nerazzurri restored their lead in the second half: Piccoli kept the ball in play and set up Kovalenko, who scored his first Atalanta goal.
ATALANTA 2-1 PORDENONE
Scorers: Piccoli 6 (A), Tsadjout pen 14 (P), Kovalenko 75 (A)
ATALANTA: Rossi, Šutalo (Lovato 46), Djimsiti (Da Riva 81), Palomino (Scalvini 81), Mæhle (Ghislandi 46), de Roon (Delprato 46), Pašalić (Freuler 63), Gosens (Pezzella 59), Miranchuk (Kovalenko 59), Colley (Iličić 46), Piccoli (Cortinovis 76).
Bench: Dajcar.
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
PORDENONE: Parisan (Bindi 81), Biondi, Vogliacco (Stefani 81), Bassoli (Barison 46), Chrzanowski (Perri 71), Cambiaghi (Kupisz 46), Magnino, Misuraca (Greco 81), Zammarini (Mensah 46), Pellegrini (Pasa 56), Tsadjout (Butic 67).
Bench: Fasolino, Secli, Banse, Sylla, Onisa, Greco.
Coach: Massimo Paci.
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro from Genoa.
Assistants: Marcello Rossi from Novara and Christian Rossi from La Spezia