Atalanta, third place fades at the last corner: Fiorentina wins in Bergamo

Bergamo. Not even forty-eight hours after the hangover from the party with the open-top bus around the city, theAtalanta ends its season with a defeat that leaves a bad taste in the mouth, both because it comes against a rival like the Florentineboth because does not allow us to overtake Juventus which would have been worth third place.

The Dea loses 2-3 at the Gewiss Stadium and ends the championship in fourth place, which is still worth a more than noble qualification for the Champions League, even if with a few million less than those that the Dea would have collected by arriving on the lowest step of the podium behind Inter and Milan.

Antonio Percassi was very clear in the Municipality: “There is a match to play on Sunday”, just to make it clear once again that third place is a concrete objective that must be achieved. Gasperini follows him, sparing only Scamacca, Zappacosta and Djimsiti among those who have spent more minutes on the pitch in recent matches.

The pace, however, is what it is, quite naturally given the tension of the last few weeks released with Friday’s celebrations. Fiorentina takes the lead three times in the first half: in two cases the Dea responds immediately, while in the last goal of the Bergamo player Belotti (first goal in Bergamo in his career) there isn’t even time to reply.

In addition to the ideas of Lookman however, there is rather little in Atalanta, with Fiorentina managing to maintain the lead without ever suffering enormously, even if, on points, Atalanta would have deserved at least a draw – which for the purposes of the standings would not have changed anyway Nothing.

Orsato’s final whistle is historic: for the Venetian whistle it is the last ever in Serie A after 290 games and the teams celebrate it with special shirts. And even despite the defeat for his heroes, Bergamo reserves only applause, because the season is and remains historic.

Atalanta-Fiorentina 2-3

Markers: 6′ Belotti, 12′ Lookman, 19′ Nico Gonzalez, 32′ Scalvini, 45+2′ Belotti

Atalanta (3-4-3): Carnesecchi; Toloi (74′ Djimsiti), Hien, Scalvini (84′ Hateboer); Holm (57′ Miranchuk), Pasalic, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere (74′ El Bilal), Lookman (57′ Scamacca). Available Musso, Rossi, Zappacosta, Bakker, Adopo, Mendicino. All. Gasperini

Florentine (4-2-3-1): Martinelli; Kayode, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi; Lopez, Duncan (77′ Infantino); Castrovilli (66′ Kouamé), Beltran (77′ Ikoné), Nico Gonzalez; Belotti. Available Christensen, Terracciano, Dodò, Faraoni, Milenkovic, Comuzzo, Parisi, Bonaventura, Arthur, Barak, Nzola. All. Italian

Referee: Orsato

Warned: Martinez Quarta (75′), Ranieri (85′) for foul play

Expelled:-

Note: recovery time pt 2′, st 5′

The goals

0-1 6′ Belotti – Castrovilli from the left has time to pass the cross to the center for the Viola attacker’s header, which beats Carnesecchi.

1-1 12′ Lookman – Verticalization by De Ketelaere who finds the central insertion of Mola, good at moving in advance of the two central defenders and beating Martinelli with a touch underneath.

1-2 19′ Gonzalez – Cross from Biraghi from the left which Nico turns towards goal with a great left-footed volley that kisses the inside post and goes into the net.

2-2 32′ Scalvini – Lookman works a great ball on the left and serves it in the center for Scalvini, who controls the ball from the edge and then launches a low right-foot shot that goes into the bottom corner.

2-3 45+2′ Belotti – A lucky rebound inside the area rewards Belotti, who manages to control the ball inside the area and score from a few steps away.

The best on the pitch

Andrea Belotti – He had never scored in Bergamo before: he decided to do it on a cool June afternoon in the rain, spoiling the Orobic celebration.

The key moment

The 2-3 goal – Arriving just before half-time, it was the goal that changed the game and cut off the legs of the Goddess who was no longer able to break through the Nerazzurri wall.

The picture

The scarf of the Curva Nord fans at the start of the match