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ATALANTA RELEGATED
Goals from Francesco Cozza and Emiliano Bonazzoli ensured Reggina stayed in Serie A at the expense of Atalanta in the return leg of their relegation play-off clash.
With the scores level at 0-0 after last Thursday`s first leg in Reggio Calabria, it was always going to be a tense affair in Bergamo.
And so it proved although the home side did go ahead through Cesare Natali after 18 minutes.
However, Cozza hit back before half-time and then Bonazzoli netted with just five minutes left to seal the win for Reggina.
Atalanta now join the already relegated Torino, Como and Piacenza in Serie B next season.
The match was initially scheduled for Sunday but adverse weather conditions prompted referee Pierluigi Collina to postpone the fixture.
After the dismal showing by both teams in the first leg, things could only improve. The rain held off and for the most part the pitch was in very good condition.
Reggina knew that an away goal would make things more difficult for Atalanta, and came out looking to play positive attacking football.
Having been on the defensive for much of the first game, especially after being reduced to ten men, the home fans were expecting much more of Atalanta, but they were generally second best.
They did start well by taking the lead in the 18th minute from a corner on the left flank.
Luciano Zauri crossed long to the far post where Natali arrived late. His shot back across the face of the goal found the bottom left corner as Emanuele Belardi tried in vein to react.
Although Atalanta were only creating chances sporadically, what they did create was dangerous.
Gianpaolo Bellini found space on the left to cross for Davor Vugrinec in the 29th minute. The Croatian striker met the cross with a fine volley at the far post, but Belardi got down well to push the ball away for a corner.
That sparked Reggina into life and they equalised in the 33rd minute, although the goal itself did have an air of luck about it.
Cozza ran at the Atalanta defence and played a one-two with Aimo Diana on the edge of the area. Atalanta goalkeeper Massimo Taibi read the situation well and came quickly off his line, but Cozza got to the ball first and was able to poke a shot goalwards.
Former Manchester United stopper Taibi half blocked the ball, but it rebounded up into the air before bouncing into the goal.
Reggina continued to be the dominant side in the second half, creating chances without ever really looking like scoring. Atalanta were clearly nervous about needing to score to stay in the division and they lost possession cheaply throughout the half.
A goal seemed unlikely to come but as the clocked ticked away Atalanta began to push forward in search of another goal and that gave Reggina the chance to break.
And they did so to devastating effect in the 85th minute.
Diana's precision through ball found Bonazzoli on the edge of the area, and with a low first-time drive he beat Taibi from 18 yards.
The game sparked to life again in the closing stages and Atalanta missed a glorious chance to draw level within a minute.
Fausto Rossini put over an inch perfect cross from the right, but Fabio Rustico had just got ahead of the play and faced with the whole goal to aim at two yards out, the ball hit him on the back and deflected away
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