Scamacca bags brace as Atalanta roar back from 2-0 down to draw with Udinese

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atalanta/8C9JjMXu/"]Atalanta[/a] had conceded just once in the first 15 minutes of a league game this season, but looked vulnerable to falling behind early here when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ehizibue-kingsley/6XCZJG4M/"]Kingsley Ehizibue[/a] struck just wide from the edge of the box.[/p][p]La Dea had chances of their own in the opening stages too, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scamacca-gianluca/vDgQxOYl/"]Gianluca Scamacca[/a] also saw a shot fly inches past the post from the edge of the area, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hien-isak/hz4zWEIG/"]Isak Hien[/a] glanced a header wide from a corner from much closer range.[/p][p]However, it was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/udinese/rXw8YKDE/"]Udinese[/a] who broke the deadlock before half-time through their own corner taken by ex-Atalanta loanee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaniolo-nicolo/0G7MtHBl/"]Nicolo Zaniolo[/a], [b]who whipped the ball in for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kristensen-thomas/GdjB2qGA/"]Thomas Kristensen[/a] to head into the top corner for his first goal since the opening weekend of the season.[/b][/p][p]Scamacca’s previous three league goals came in home wins, but he had no such luck five minutes into the second half when he turned and struck the post.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="18e27579-5998-4c6d-804f-e797250c342e" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="a7a71981-0612-41b5-a6ab-967af9246d78" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Atalanta’s misfortune then worsened as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davis-keinan/SKxz4XFS/"]Keinan Davis[/a] doubled Udinese’s lead with a lovely curled finish into the bottom corner after a couple of ricochets in the box. [/b][/p][p]The hosts tried to respond before the hour mark through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sulemana-kamal-deen/EksgGjXe/"]Kamaldeen Sulemana[/a], but he failed to get clean contact on his header, and it looped past the post.[/p][p]Atalanta made a triple change to try and inject some new life into the team, and one of them was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krstovic-nikola/4CvqRml2/"]Nikola Krstovic[/a], who really ought to have done better when he was teed up around the penalty spot but could only shoot wide.[/p][p][b]However, another substitute, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zalewski-nicola/Slt8hI4R/"]Nicola Zalewski[/a], made an impact as he put in an inviting cross for Scamacca to powerfully head home and halve the deficit going into the final stages.[/b][/p][embed guid="ead81f24-75ef-482a-8fc8-8653ccc8b7be" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2030352347998671075" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]The striker was waiting for another chance to restore parity, and when he got his opportunity, he headed in for a brace to salvage a point for La Dea after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okoye-maduks/Gr6T6rIt/"]Maduka Okoye[/a] parried Krstovic’s initial effort. [/b][/p][p]The hosts ultimately missed the chance to break into the European places, though, while Udinese at least avoided what a third consecutive away league defeat despite being pegged back from a good position.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scamacca-gianluca/vDgQxOYl/"]Gianluca Scamacca[/a] (Atalanta)[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="735d87c5-20c7-452d-a3a8-399067e2fe4c" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="ef96e58a-3c67-4f51-923c-be7017c1795a" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/atalanta-8C9JjMXu/udinese-rXw8YKDE/summary/stats/?mid=r5osOvnD"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]