Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi kept la Dea level against Roma at the Olimpico on Saturday, earning a rating of "miracoloso" from Tuttosport's match grades as the two sides shared a 1-1 draw in a fixture with European consequences for both clubs.

The result leaves Atalanta seventh in Serie A with 54 points from 33 matches — a position that satisfies neither the club's ambitions nor Raffaele Palladino's stated expectation of "an open and attacking game." A draw is a point gained only if the target was a point. Against Roma, with European places still in play, it reads closer to two dropped.

Carnesecchi's individual contribution, however, is not in doubt. The 25-year-old has now played 32 matches this season, carrying an average rating of 7.30 — a figure that, for a goalkeeper on a side that has conceded just 29 goals in 33 league games, reflects consistent rather than merely occasional excellence. Palladino's Atalanta have won 14, drawn 12, and lost 7: the defensive solidity is structural, but a goalkeeper rated above 7.00 across a full season is doing more than benefiting from the system in front of him.

His AI overall score of 68 out of 100 suggests the ceiling is close but not yet reached. At 25, born in July 2000, Carnesecchi sits at the precise age where the gap between current output and projected ceiling tends to close fastest. The Olimpico performance — described in the Italian press with a word reserved for saves that alter results — is the kind of evidence that accelerates that trajectory.

Atalanta's 45 goals scored against 29 conceded gives them a positive differential of 16, respectable for seventh place but indicative of a team that has not fully converted defensive solidity into victories. Twelve draws in 33 matches is the number that explains the gap between their performances and their position. Carnesecchi cannot manufacture wins from clean sheets alone, but he is not the reason those draws exist.

With the season entering its final weeks, his form is the one constant Palladino can rely on unconditionally.