Coppa Italia | Atalanta 1-1 Lazio (3-3 agg, 1-2 pens): Motta heroic to book special Final

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Skip to contentBERGAMO, ITALY – APRIL 22: Alessio Romagnoli of SS Lazio celebrates a opening goal during the Coppa Italia semi-final match between Atalanta BC and SS Lazio at New Balance Arena on April 22, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)

Edoardo Motta was the hero for Lazio, saving four penalties in a row during the shoot-out to eliminate Atalanta and book their Coppa Italia Final ticket to face Inter on May 13.

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The first leg ended 2-2 in Rome on March 4, so it was all to play for in Bergamo with the potential for extra time and penalties. La Dea missed Isak Hien, while the Biancocelesti were without Nicolò Rovella, Ivan Provedel, Samuel Gigot and Alessio Furlanetto, but welcomed back Adam Marusic after a surprise 2-0 Serie A win over Napoli at the weekend.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Mario Gila sprinted back for a decisive sliding tackle on Nikola Krstovic, while Nicola Zalewski only grazed his head to a Charles De Ketelaere cross from six yards.

Gila was also decisive when throwing himself in the way to deflect the Zalewski volley wide of the near post from six yards, but after a strong start, Atalanta’s domination petered out towards the end of the first half.

After the restart, Edoardo Motta’s gloves were stung by Krstovic, who had completed a give and go with De Ketelaere, but Lorenzo Bernasconi went off with a knee injury after a Patric sliding tackle.

Tijjani Noslin’s effort from the edge of the area was charged down, but Atalanta had the ball in the net at the end of a truly chaotic move.

Gila seemed to charge down the De Ketelaere cross with his hand, but as the move continued, Krstovic poked the ball out from under Motta’s glove, and Ederson fired in the rebound. VAR took a long time to evaluate all the incidents, the referee viewed them all, and decided Gila had kicked the ball onto his own arm, but that Krstovic had fouled the goalkeeper, disallowing the goal.

Lazio had appeals too when Scalvini kicked a ball onto his own arm under pressure from Noslin, but it was a similar situation to Gila, so the striker kept going and fired wide from a promising position.

Mario Gila went off with an ankle sprain, while De Ketelaere’s hard and low effort was smothered, while Mario Pasalic made a decisive block on Noslin.

Lazio took the lead from the resulting Zaccagni corner, Alessio Romagnoli holding off Berat Djimsiti to volley in from four yards at the back post with the inside of the left foot.

Just like in the first leg, Atalanta gave an immediate response, and within two minutes had equalised. Krstovic with his back to goal laid it off for Pasalic from the edge of the area, his wayward shot deflected into the far bottom corner by Kenneth Taylor to wrong-foot Motta.

It remained wide open, Ederson flashing a cross-shot past everyone, and deep into stoppages Motta made a sensational fingertip save to push the Gianluca Scamacca header onto the top of the upright from close range.

They could not be divided, so at 3-3 on aggregate, the tie went to extra time.

Atalanta thought they had taken the lead for the first time in the whole tie on 96 minutes when De Ketelaere floated a cross to the far post and Zappacosta nodded it back for Giacomo Raspadori’s header from close range. However, VAR showed Zappacosta was offside on the assist.

Both teams were allowed a sixth substitution during extra time, Pasalic wasted a promising situation with a shot deflected off teammate Raspadori, and Scamacca nodded wide as Atalanta pinned Lazio back into their own half.

When the Aquile did go forward, they threatened, as Romagnoli was millimetres away from getting his head to the taut Nuno Tavares free kick.

They went to a penalty shoot-out and Nuno Tavares had the first Lazio attempt parried by Marco Carnesecchi, but Edoardo Motta did the same to Scamacca.

Danilo Cataldi fired his onto the upright and Motta saved from Zappacosta, so Gustav Isaksen was able to finally equalise.

Motta incredibly saved four penalties in a row to become the absolute hero of this fixture.

Atalanta 1-1 Lazio aet (3-3 agg, 1-2 pens)

Romagnoli 84 (L), Pasalic 86 (A)

Penalties: Raspadori (A, goal), Nuno Tavares (L, saved), Scamacca (A, saved), Cataldi (L, missed), Zappacosta (A, saved), Isaksen (L, goal), Pasalic (A, saved), Taylor (L, goal), De Ketelaere (A, saved)

22-04-2026 20:00

1/2 Final

Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia)AtalantaLazio

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Player statistic

Match statistic

66

Possession %

34

29

Total shots

8

6

Shots on target

1

9

Shots off target

3

14

Blocked shots

4

7

Corners

6

2

Offsides

18

Fouls

10

Atalanta

Lazio

Starting lineups

29

Marco Carnesecchi
Goalkeeper

19

Berat Djimsiti
Defender

77

Davide Zappacosta
Defender

42

Giorgio Scalvini
Defender

94′

47

Lorenzo Bernasconi
Defender

56′

23

Sead Kolasinac
Defender

71′

13

Éderson
Midfielder

15

Marten de Roon
Midfielder

71′

59

Nicola Zalewski
Midfielder

71′

17

Charles De Ketelaere
Attacker

90

Nikola Krstovic
Attacker

90′

40

Edoardo Motta
Goalkeeper

77

Adam Marusic
Defender

67′

13

Alessio Romagnoli
Defender

34

Mario Gila
Defender

77′

17

Nuno Tavares
Defender

4

Patric
Defender

84′

24

Kenneth Taylor
Midfielder

26

Toma Basic
Midfielder

77′

22

Matteo Cancellieri
Attacker

66′

10

Mattia Zaccagni
Attacker

103′

14

Tijjani Noslin
Attacker

Substitutes

10

Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder

57

Marco Sportiello
Goalkeeper

5

Mitchel Bakker
Defender

7

Kamaldeen Sulemana
Midfielder

6

Yunus Musah
Midfielder

40

Relja Obric
Defender

50

Piotr Pardel
Goalkeeper

16

Raoul Bellanova
Defender

56′

8

Mario Pasalic
Midfielder

71′

18

Giacomo Raspadori
Attacker

71′

3

Odilon Kossounou
Defender

71′

9

Gianluca Scamacca
Attacker

90′

69

Honest Ahanor
Defender

94′

23

Elseid Hysaj
Defender

27

Daniel Maldini
Midfielder

3

Luca Pellegrini
Defender

19

Boulaye Dia
Attacker

21

Reda Belahyane
Midfielder

20

Petar Ratkov
Attacker

28

Adrian Przyborek
Attacker

99

Giacomo Giacomone
Goalkeeper

72

Nicolò Pannozzo
Goalkeeper

9

Pedro
Attacker

103′

18

Gustav Isaksen
Attacker

66′

29

Manuel Lazzari
Defender

67′

7

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Midfielder

77′

25

Oliver Provstgaard
Defender

77′

32

Danilo Cataldi
Midfielder

84′

BySusy Campanale

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