Bologna beat Atalanta (1-0) with a goal on the horn Lewis Ferguson which put his team in fourth place on a day where Spaniard Oier Zarraga celebrated his first Serie A goal in an Udinese shirt.
In a duel with several chances and rough, which seems doomed to a draw, the head of Ferguson broke the tedium to break the tie shown by the scoreboard in the 86th minute of Bologna-Atalanta. The Scottish midfielder headed a corner into the goal net which was defended by Marco Carnesecchi and placed his team in one of the places that gives the right to play in the Champions League next year.
Bologna defeats Atalanta
Atalanta missed a golden opportunity to secure their third successive victory and return to the top five. However, he was barely able to overcome the men of Thiago Motta, who formed an almost impenetrable block that dealt the final blow to one of their few dangerous plays.
Only Teun Koopmeiners, on the brink of half-time, could have scored for Atalanta. Lukasz Skorupski, with a great intervention, he stopped the team Gian Piero Gasperiniwho, defeated, could end the day four points behind Europe if Naples beat Roma this Saturday.
Fiorentina stayed in fourth place after beating Monza on Friday (0-1) thanks to a goal from Argentine Lucas Beltrán, but they were only hours away from the Champions zone when a surprising Bologna regained their place.
Zarraga premieres
And in Turin, Udinese and Torino did not get past the draw (1-1) in a rivalry where almost everything happened at the end. The Spanish Oier Zarraga, With ten minutes remaining, he put Udinese ahead with his first Serie A goal thanks to a precise volley from inside the area. The Basque midfielder, formerly of Athletic, has barely played 58 minutes this season and he took advantage of the twenty he had available this Saturday.
However, later, in ’88, answered Ivan Ilicic and the point is useless to either team. Torino, tenth, still remains in the inconsequential zone of the classification, while Udinese is close to the relegation places in sixteenth place.
Source: La Verdad
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