Cagliari trailed Bergamo in their Serie A match: Atalanta led 1-0 at halftime . Scamacca's early back-heel goal sealed the win.
The first real chance came in the 7th minute, when De Ketelaere played Lookman on the center-left side of the box. The Nigerian outpaced Zappa and found Caprile on his shot, but the Atalanta striker's second effort went wide. But Bergamo took the lead with their next attempt: in the 11th minute, Lookman found Zappa and crossed to the far post, where he found Zappacosta, whose shot was back-heeled into the net by Scamacca .
In the 20th minute, the huge chance to equalize fell to the attention of the evening's star player, Palestra. The full-back, on loan from Atalanta, found himself completely alone in the center of the penalty area after a pass to the left from Folorunsho, and his shot from the outside of the box went wide, hitting teammate Borrelli , who handled it. Palestra, again, was met in the 26th minute by a decisive save from Bernasconi.
Atalanta came back in the 27th minute, when Lookman, served in the box, turned and shot, but Luperto blocked it and gave it a corner. But the opportunity was even bigger in the 39th minute, when De Ketelaere played Scamacca (held onside by Obert) into the box, and Caprile blocked his right-footed effort in two stages . A minute and a half later, Lookman again shot from the left, but Caprile parried it, and De Ketelaere's tap-in was blocked by Obert, who sent the ball over the crossbar.
Before half-time (43'), De Ketelaere broke away on the right, fed Zappacosta, and his cross was deflected out for a corner by Rodríguez . Caprile saved from Bernasconi's effort. The break ended after two minutes of injury time, with Borrelli's header going just wide after a cross from the left: a huge chance to equalize.
