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Roma respond with increased urgency and their wingers push higher while their midfielders commit more players forward during attacking phases, and the match opens up as both teams trade possession without either establishing sustained control.
In the twenty-eighth minute Roma equalize from a quick transition that catches Atalanta's defensive line too high up the pitch.
A cleared corner travels to Roma's midfielder thirty yards from his own goal and his first touch is forward rather than back, and suddenly Roma have numbers running at Atalanta's retreating defense while the home team's shape is stretched from the corner routine.
The through ball arrives perfectly weighted between Scalvini and Djimsiti where neither can reach it without risking a foul, and Roma's striker collects with space opening ahead while Musso comes off his line to narrow the angle.
