Atalanta achieves their 5th consecutive success. At Via del Mare, the men of Gasperini they won 2-0 in the match valid for the penultimate matchday of Serie A, thus reaching the mathematical qualification for the Champions League. A result that follows the defeat in the Italian Cup and anticipates the Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen, scheduled for Wednesday 22 May at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. La Dea also consolidates 5th place and reaches 66 points, 6 points behind Roma, who will host Genoa on Sunday evening and 1 from Juve, expected on the Bologna pitch on Monday. The Bergamo players also have to recover the match against Fiorentina. The Salento team instead bid farewell to the home crowd with safety already in their pocket.
The story of the match
The guests got off to a good start and made themselves dangerous at first Miranchukwho forces it in the 4th minute Falcon to intervene to block a shot from the edge, and later with Pasalic, who 2 minutes later almost took the lead after an incursion into the area by the Dea. Lecce then reacts, causing concern Musso with a first intention shot of Little ones on cross by Rooster. The striker owned by Atalanta tries again a few minutes later collecting the verticalization of Krstovic and kicking at the near post.
The visiting goalkeeper responds this time too and blocks the shot. Gasperini’s men return to the attack with Scamacca in the 18th minute, whose shot was however blocked by Falcone, and again with Zappacostawho grazes the post after the rebound by Come. In the second half, Krstovic devours the lead a few steps from the goal. We had to wait until the 48th minute for the goal that opened the scoring. To hit the mark is De Ketelaere – who took over from Touré during the interval – who collected Scamacca’s assist, resisted Gallo’s coverage and with a winning lob went past the goalkeeper. 5 minutes later, the Nerazzurri number 90 headed a corner kick and scored the double advantage. At 56′, Hien it’s close to 3-0. The hosts tried to get back into the game with Piccoli, who came close to scoring in the 86th minute from a free kick. But at the final whistle the result remains 2-0.
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