The goals of Colombians Duván Zapata and Luis Muriel and Slovenian Josip Ilicic, who scored a goal and provided two assists after the restart at the restart, gave Atalanta, Real Madrid’s rival in the knockout stages of the Champions League, a 4- 1 victory this Sunday against Roma on matchday 13 of the Serie A.
With “Papu”, Atalanta’s leader for the past six seasons, off the list after his harsh altercation with coach Giampiero Gasperini and with few options to continue after the January market, Bergamo’s team added a major win. to keep fighting for a spot in the next Champions League.
This victory allowed Gasperini’s men, who suffered from the double weekly engagement (Serie A and European Cup) in recent weeks, to finish seventh, just three points behind Roma, fourth.
In addition, Atalanta has to play matchday 10 against Udinese, which was postponed two weeks ago due to rain.
And that the whole romanista had started in the best way. Bosnian Edin Dzeko gave him a lead after just three minutes and the margin could have been wider than the post was repelled by a Vaseline from Leonardo Spinazzola, one of four former Atalanta players along with Brazilian Roger Ibañez, Bryan Cristante and Gianluca Mancini.
But Atalanta, Real Madrid’s rival in the knockout stages of the Champions League, stayed in the game and left on the restart, when Ilicic took the field.
The Slovenian midfielder assisted Duván’s goal, which increased the lead to 1-1, and a perfect cross hung for German Robin Gosens to head the 2-1.
Roma, with Spain’s Borja Mayoral running out of minutes, were running out of energy and Atalanta took advantage of condemning the match with Muriel’s 3-1, who dribbled to goal and scored at will as soon as he jumped on the pitch. and Ilicic’s 4-1, the prize for his great performance.