Round day for Atalanta. who took advantage of Roma’s draw with Lecce (1-1) and finished third in Serie A after defeating Lazio at the Olímpico (0-2). A very important victory against a direct rival in the fight for a place in the Champions League.
In their 250th Serie A game with Gin Piero Gasperini on their bench, Dea showed their devastating football right from the first whistle. Ivan Provedel shone to fight off the early attacks of Teun Koopmeiners and Hans Hateboer and keep a Lazio side suffering defensively.
Immobile still denied
In attack, on the other hand, Ciro Immobile had a very clear chance to open the scoring but he shot high in an unbeatable situation. The Italian striker is showing more frustration than usual and completed his fifth game without scoring. ‘Only’ has 7 this season.
Provedel made another save to deflect a whiplash from Ademola Lookman off the crossbar, but the goalkeeper was unable to stop an unstoppable right-hander from Davide Zappacosta that slid wide of the top corner (22′) .
Musso, decisive
The feeling was that Atalanta created a lot of danger, but Lazio needed very little to stimulate Juan Musso shortly before the break with a great shot from Mattia Zaccagni.
In the second half the exchange of blows continued. Immobile, again, missed a sung goal after breaking into the area but Musso deflected his attempt away. But Atalanta’s direct and physical play ended up passing the sentence.
Lookman–Höjlund connection
Provedel avoided making it 2-0 in a one-on-one with Rasmus Höjlund but the young Danish striker made up his mind in the 65th minute by pushing a fine pass from Lookman into the net. Again the connection between this deadly tandem was decisive for Atalanta. This time the Nigerian, author of 12 goals, did not score but assisted his teammate, who had 5.
With Pedro Rodríguez on the field instead of a subdued Felipe Anderson, Lazio were powerless to react and, after three games without a win, they fell to sixth place, although they were just behind two points in the Champions League.
A very good match as Atalanta, Roma and Milan have 41 points.
Source: La Verdad
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