Freuler attacks his past. Atalanta again to make history

It’s the night where Bologna can do history. Because it is true that they are quarters of Coppa ItaliaBut if there is in front ofAtalanta di Gasperini They are quarter -final of nobility. In addition, the Coppa Italia quarterfinals are the columns of Hercules, which Bologna has not surpassed since 1998-99, when Rossoblù played the double semi-final with Mazzone on the bench. In any case, the Rossoblù history has recently passed through Gewiss Stadium. Just over a year ago, on March 3, 2024, in the championship, the goals of Zirkzee and Ferguson in four minutes overturned the Nerazzurri advantage, scored by Lookman, launching Motta’s Bologna against the Champions League sky. A curiosity: None of these four protagonists will be in the match tonight.

But even though many of Gasperini’s players have changed, Bologna continues to ask him. And there is one reason: In the last four league clashes, Rossoblù has achieved 3 wins and a draw (1-1 in the first stage on Dall’ara), and served the status of the goddess’ ‘Bête Noire’. The times when a 0-0 snapped in Bergamo by raising the barricades led a hundred fans to celebrate the team on the return leg at Casteldebole seems prehistoric. It was August 28, 2021, the second day of the championship, and Mihajlovic was on the bench. Instead, just over a year has passed another Coppa Italia quarterfinals, indigestible to Bologna and fond of Italiano, sitting on the other side that night. Fiorentina-Bologna on January 9, 2024 on the franchia in the 120 regulatory minutes saw Rossoblù crashes three times against the woodwork. And in the crucial penalty shooting, Posch, who today arrived at the last minute of Gasperini’s court, could not shoot.

History, with a capital ‘H’, is also the double Coppa Italia semi-final challenge that Ulivieris Bologna played with Mondonico’s Atalanta in 1995-96: What tilted the scales in favor of the Bergamo team was a stag of Bobo Vieri in Bergamo. Last Coppa Italia clash between Rossoblù and Nerazzurri? 2001-2002 season, round 2: 2-0 at Dall’ara in the first leg, 0-XNUMX in Bergamo in the return leg and DEA qualified because of the rule of the highest number of goals scored from home.

Tonight, under the heading of the story, we cannot forget Remo Freuler, the pillar of Italiano’s midfield, which in Black and Blue Jersey, after his championship debut on February 7, 2016, has collected 260 performances and 21 goals in 7 seasons, and As at Gewiss Stadium a year ago was recognized at the end of the match of the Atalanta fans. Then there is the ‘historical’ between Italiano and Gasperini: And here the story smiles at Rossoblù. In the 12 career meetings with his colleague Italiano he has achieved 6 wins, 3 draw and 3 defeats. This is why the goddess is a rock, but tonight there is no pre -written prediction.