A nice goal from Colombian Luis Muriel in 90 ensured a memorable 1-0 victory for Atalanta on Sunday in the Cagliari field of Uruguayans Diego Godín and Nahitan Nández, on the twenty-second day of the Italian Serie A.
Atalanta, Real Madrid’s rival in the knockout stages of the Champions League, became the winner of a very high-intensity match in which the referee whistled at the last minute and after VAR assessment denied a penalty for Cagliari.
Muriel was once again the main protagonist of the game after twenty minutes to go from the couch, with a spectacular dribble to Gabriele Zappa and Pole Sebastian Walukiewicz and a right hand that hit goalkeeper Alessio Cragno.
The Santo Tomás forward is the fifth top scorer in Serie A, with thirteen goals, three behind the leader, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, and unbalanced a very blocked game in which the Colombian Duván Zapata also headed the bar.
Atalanta, a brand new Italian cup finalist, finished seventh in the standings, only two points from the Champions League zone, and frustrated a Cagliari in which Godín had delivered an excellent defensive performance.
The Sardinian team, trained by Eusebio Di Francesco, the coach who led Roma to the “Champions” 2017-2018 semi-finals after knocking out Barcelona in the quarter-finals, continues its massive curse.
It’s the penultimate, in full relegation places and has not won a game since November 7, 2020, with a winless streak of fifteen games: ten losses and five draws. In addition, they have not scored goals in five of their last six games.
In the other match played on the Italian afternoon, Claudio Ranieri’s defeated Sampdoria Fiorentina 2-1, with goals from Senegalese Keita Baldé and Fabio Quagliarella.
Great goal from Muriel, reminiscent of Ronaldo Nazario. pic.twitter.com/87DVrzhuir
– CPV (@carlosparejav) February 14, 2021