Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Second Half
6:52 PM
The whistle blows and Atalanta kick off with the ball moving immediately backward to Demien who drops deeper exactly as Gasperini instructed during halftime, and Milan press forward with Tonali and Bennacer both closing the space while their body positions suggest they expect him to try turning like he did in the first half.
Demien waits and absorbs the pressure while the ball stays under his right foot, and when both midfielders commit their weight forward he clips a diagonal pass over their heads toward the channel where Lookman has already started his run down the left side.
「LEGENDARY SKILL ACTIVATED」
Andrea Pirlo — Deep-Lying Playmaker
The ball drops perfectly into Lookman's stride and he controls it on his chest without breaking pace, and Kalulu backs off rather than diving in because committing to a tackle this early in the half could leave space behind.
