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ROME, ITALY – MARCH 04: Mario Pasalic of Atalanta celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Coppa Italia match between SS Lazio and Atalanta BC at Olimpico Stadium on March 04, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Lazio twice took the lead in the Coppa Italia semi-final, only to be clawed back by Atalanta in a 2-2 thriller, as qualification goes down to the second leg in Bergamo.
These sides met in the 2019 Coppa Italia Final, with the Aquile winning 2-0, while La Dea returned the favour in Serie A only last month. It was the last chance for Maurizio Sarri to salvage the season, but while Pedro and Mario Gila returned, he was still missing Toma Basic, Nicolò Rovella and Samuel Gigot. Atalanta were in the race for the top four, the only Italian team left in the Champions League, and looking for a fourth Coppa Italia Final in eight seasons. Ederson, Charles De Ketelaere and Giacomo Raspadori remained on the treatment table.
It was a bizarre atmosphere, as only 5,000 fans were inside the stadium, with thousands of Lazio ultras gathered outside in protest at President Claudio Lotito. Atalanta fans were also limited to just over 100 by restrictions.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Atalanta had the ball in the net after eight minutes with a sensational Davide Zappacosta control on a long Giorgio Scalvini ball, then his cross was nodded into the far bottom corner by Nikola Krstovic from 14 yards. However, Zappacosta was narrowly offside and the goal was disallowed by VAR.
Mario Pasalic’s header was just wide from a Lazar Samardzic free kick, but Zappacosta came so close when his acrobatic volley into the ground on a Lorenzo Bernasconi cross bounced off the crossbar with Ivan Provedel beaten.
Instead, Lazio took the lead within 60 seconds of the restart. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru sprinted through the middle, completing an inspired give and go with Daniel Maldini and dinking the finish over on-rushing Marco Carnesecchi. It was his first goal of the season and one of the best of his entire career.
It didn’t last long, as Provedel only parried a ferocious Samardzic strike into the path of Pasalic to turn in the rebound at the back post and draw Atalanta level.
Maldini squirmed away for a dangerous pull-back from the by-line, then Carnesecchi palmed a Kenneth Taylor strike round the upright after great work from Gustav Isaksen to ride two tackles.
Giorgio Scalvini limped off with a knee problem, but Pasalic went from hero to villain by gifting Lazio a goal. He tried to chest down the Nuno Tavares cross inside the area, the control was not what he had intended and it allowed Boulaye Dia to pounce on the loose ball, turning in from seven yards.
However, once again the lead did not last long, because moments later Kamaldeen Sulemana managed to pull back from the left despite Adam Marusic marking, finding Yunus Musah to fire in first-time from 14 yards.
Lazio 2-2 Atalanta
Dele-Bashiru 47 (L), Pasalic 51 (A), Dia 87 (L), Musah 90 (A)
04-03-2026 20:00
1/2 Final
Stadio OlimpicoLazioAtalanta2 – 2
Player statistic
| 23' | Marten de Roon |
| Fisayo Dele-Bashiru(Assist: Daniel Maldini) | 47' |
| 51' | Mario Pasalic |
| 69' | Mario Pasalic |
| Boulaye Dia | 87' |
| 89' | Yunus Musah(Assist: Kamaldeen Sulemana) |
| 90+5' | Isak Hien |
Lazio
Atalanta
Starting lineups
94
Ivan Provedel
Goalkeeper
77
Adam Marusic
Defender
13
Alessio Romagnoli
Defender
34
Mario Gila
Defender
17
Nuno Tavares
Defender
27
Daniel Maldini
Midfielder
76′
32
Danilo Cataldi
Midfielder
7
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Midfielder
24
Kenneth Taylor
Midfielder
83′
18
Gustav Isaksen
Attacker
64′
10
Mattia Zaccagni
Attacker
76′
29
Marco Carnesecchi
Goalkeeper
77
Davide Zappacosta
Defender
42
Giorgio Scalvini
Defender
64′
4
Isak Hien
Defender
47
Lorenzo Bernasconi
Defender
23
Sead Kolasinac
Defender
76′
10
Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder
76′
8
Mario Pasalic
Midfielder
15
Marten de Roon
Midfielder
64′
59
Nicola Zalewski
Midfielder
90
Nikola Krstovic
Attacker
85′
Substitutes
9
Pedro
Attacker
4
Patric
Defender
29
Manuel Lazzari
Defender
23
Elseid Hysaj
Defender
55
Alessio Furlanetto
Goalkeeper
3
Luca Pellegrini
Defender
40
Edoardo Motta
Goalkeeper
20
Petar Ratkov
Attacker
25
Oliver Provstgaard
Defender
28
Adrian Przyborek
Attacker
22
Matteo Cancellieri
Attacker
64′
19
Boulaye Dia
Attacker
76′
14
Tijjani Noslin
Attacker
76′
21
Reda Belahyane
Midfielder
83′
16
Raoul Bellanova
Defender
31
Francesco Rossi
Goalkeeper
19
Berat Djimsiti
Defender
57
Marco Sportiello
Goalkeeper
5
Mitchel Bakker
Defender
45
Dominic Vavassori
Midfielder
3
Odilon Kossounou
Defender
64′
6
Yunus Musah
Midfielder
64′
7
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Midfielder
76′
69
Honest Ahanor
Defender
76′
9
Gianluca Scamacca
Attacker
85′
