TURIN (ITALPRESS) – A crushing victory that relaunches La Dea in the Scudetto race. Atalanta won 4-0 at the Stadium against Juventus, thanks to goals from Retegui (on a penalty kick), De Roon, Zappacosta and Lookman. A crucial success for the Nerazzurri, who remain in third position and return to -2 from Napoli and -3 from Inter. Nothing to do for the Bianconeri, bitterly contested by the public: the second defeat in the league, given the result and manner, will weigh heavily on the end of the season. Motta wanted to deploy the usual 4-2-3-1 with Kolo Muani the only offensive reference: Vlahovic started again from the bench, Yildiz, McKennie and Nico Gonzalez completing the offensive department. Atalanta responded with a 3-4-3, in place of De Ketelaere space was given to former player Cuadrado, with Lookman on the left and Retegui in the center.
The Nigerian immediately frightened the Bianconeri with a restart in the fourth minute, after a few moments the hosts answered with Thuram, but the Frenchman’s conclusion ended high. On 29′ the turning point of the match, Sozza awarded a penalty kick to Atalanta for a foul of McKennie’s hand: from the penalty spot Retegui found the go-ahead goal. The Bergamasks then wasted several chances, Lookman had two chances in the salvage to score the double: the first ended on the post, the second was bricked by Di Gregorio.
In the second half Gasperini sent on Brescianini in place of Cuadrado – for the Colombian right flexor strain -; Motta deployed Koopmeiners in place of Yildiz, who was not very concrete on the right lane. After just a minute Atalanta hit back at the Bianconeri; it was De Roon who found the shot from the box that effectively sealed the match. From then on, bianconeri failed to hurt the orobici, the Stadium crowd began to boo Motta’s team, unable to react: Zappacosta, on an assist from Kolasinac, scored the 3-0 goal at 22′, the 4-0 came after a restart by Lookman caused by Vlahovic’s slip. In the final McKennie attempted a header for the 1-4 goal but Carnesecchi came up with a half-miracle. In the next round, another direct clash for Atalanta, which will take on Inter; Juventus, on the other hand, will face Fiorentina.
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