A hat trick from Teun Koopmeiners gave victory to Atalanta against Torino (3-1) and put the team from Bergamo at the top of Serie Awith José Mourinho’s Roma, both teams with 10 points added after the first four days of Serie A.
It was a gutsy victory for Atalanta in what was their best game so far this season. From the start, Gian Piero Gasperini’s men were superioreasily created chances and shut down a Torino who, despite the fact that their best player was Serbian goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, had a chance in the first half.
After half an hour of the match, the ‘Nerazzurri’ team warned with a shot from a corner kick by the Turkish Merih Demiral, but it was not until the sunset of the first action when the Dutchman Koopmeiners, who commanded Atalanta from midfield, converted from eleven meters a clear penalty to new French right-back Brandon Soppy.
Solid first half with a reward in the form of a penalty with the only bad mark of the injured Colombian, Duván Zapata, was replaced in the 37th minutea situation reminiscent of last season, when the Colombian striker had three injuries, one of them long-term.
In the second half the same script was repeated, with Atalanta dominating and a warning ran into the post before the goal. Koopmeiners again, this time with a loud bang from outside the area, he extended the lead on the scoreboard. ‘Dea’ again solved a game from long distance.
As the meeting is almost doomed, the ‘Toro’ wakes up‘, which closed the gap in the 76th minute at the hands of Croatian Nikola Vlasic, who shot the goal that was defended by Argentine Juan Musso.
But the man of the match did not allow them to spoil his night and, repeated from the eleven meters, sealed his triple and definitely sentenced the match to be the leader of Serie A, unbeaten -three wins and a draw- level on points with Roma, but leading by seven goals in favor of ‘Dea’.
Draw between Bologna and Salernitana
In another game that closed on the fourth day, Bologna and Salernitana shared the points with a draw at one thanks to Salernitana’s goal in the closing stages by Senegalese Boulaye Dia, former Villarreal player, which put the team Salerno in 10th position in the ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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