DBasia.news – Empoli won a valuable point when visiting Atalanta’s headquarters in the week 32 of Serie A on Tuesday (16/4) early morning Western Indonesian Time. The match ended in a goalless draw and Bartlomiej Dragowski, the Empoli goalkeeper, performed beautifully in the match.
In plain view the final results do look boring. Moreover, Atalanta and Empoli are not big Italian teams that have many fans in the world. Atalanta is still fighting for the European zone and Empoli wants to stay away from the relegation zone.
Even so, the match at the Atalanta headquarters runs with interesting statistics: 62 percent of Atalanta’s possession compared to 38 percent Empoli and 47 attempted kicks compared to 3, 17 are on target, while Empoli is only one on target.
Imagine, 47 attempted kicks and not one nested into the Empoli goal. Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach of Atalanta, assessed his team was very unlucky in the match.
“We regret the end result, but we are also very unlucky. After the first 10 minutes, we already have some real opportunities. A night like this can happen when you don’t finish a chance,” Gasperini said on Football-Italy.
Better again, Dragowski broke the record in Serie A with a record of 17 saves in one match. The Polish goalkeeper saved the dangerous opportunities created by Duvan Zapata, Josip Ilicic, and Alejandro Gomez.
“Bartlomiej Dragowski has done 17 saves, a Serie A record for goalkeepers since the 2004-05 season (since Opta has those data). Superman,” @OptaPaolo chirped.
“Since the 2016-17 season, no team can release more attempted kicks (47 times) or more on target (18) than Atalanta did against Empoli. The game still ends 0-0,” chirped @Squawka.
That number has exceeded a total of 11 and 14 rescues ever made by Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea in the Premier League. The name Dragowski was immediately lifted after his heroic appearance.
Dragowski, 21, was loaned by Fiorentina and became part of the Poland Under-21 national team. This season Dragowski has started eight times in Serie A.