Lorenzo Bernasconi, midfielder for Atalanta, experienced another evening of frustration at the New Balance Arena on Sunday, with the Goddess unable to overcome Genoa in a match that ended 0-0 and further complicates the European ambitions of the Bergamo club.
The point is the third in two matches for Raffaele Palladino and his side, but it comes after the defeat against Cagliari a week ago and consolidates a run of results that has eroded every margin for manoeuvre in the context of Europe. With 55 points in 35 matchdays — from 14 wins, 13 draws and 8 defeats — Atalanta remains seventh, a position that tells more than any analysis the distance between the expectations at the start of the season and the current reality.
For Bernasconi, at 22 years old, it is a season that has produced three assists in 23 appearances with an average rating of 7.00: numbers that speak of a reliable player, capable of contributing without being decisive. The problem is not the individual, but the collective: the Goddess has scored just 47 goals in 35 matches, an average that does not befit a team with the ambitions of Bergamo. Against Genoa, the clearest chance fell to Giacomo Raspadori, who hit the woodwork — an image that sums up the entire evening.
The Griffin, for its part, can consider itself practically safe after this point snatched away on the road. For Atalanta, instead, the maths do not forgive: with three matchdays presumably still to be played, the margin to climb back narrows with every draw. Bernasconi and his teammates still have the possibility to end the season with dignity; turning it into something more concrete will depend on the ability to find the net that was missing tonight.