With goals from the Belgian Charles De Keteleaere and from Italian Gianluca ScamaccaAtalanta won their visit to Lecce and mathematically certified their qualification for the next Champions League, a competition they have not played since 2021, as Roma can only catch them and have a worse specific ‘average’ .
At the end of that year when the ‘Dea’ of Gian Piero Gasperini He played in his last match in the Champions League, a goal he has been chasing ever since. In this historic campaign in which they reached the final Coppa Italia, lost on Wednesday against Juventus (1-0), and the finals of the Europa League, the first European in their history, which they will play next week against Bayer Leverkusen of the Spaniard Xabi Alonso also added a return to the biggest competition in the continental club.
De Ketelaere and Scamacca decided
Against Lecce, a team that almost guaranteed their permanence the day before, they did not fail to achieve their goal. It needs the appearance of its best players to achieve this, both missing from the Cup final against Juventus: De Keteleare, then, and Scamacca, suspended.
First is the Belgian, who was missing the Coppa final and this Saturday entered the field at half-time. He needed only 3 minutes to score, taking advantage of the assist himself Scam and with mild Vaseline.
And a little later, in the 53rd minute, the scorer of this team, who was left without a final cup due to suspension, closed the game with a header from a corner kick.
Fifth win in a row
Gasperini’s men added their fifth straight victory in Serie A and come into the historic clash against Leverkusen looking for revenge after losing the Coppa final. They are fifth in the standings, with 66 points with a day to go and another game postponed against Fiorentina, but their homework is done.
Furthermore, if they win the Europa League -and finish fifth in Serie A-, the sixth-placed Italian team will also go to the Champions League. At the moment, Roma is sixth.
match lineup
30
17
25
twenty
6
5
16
18
91
9
13
1
33
77
43
4
2
42
8
59
10
90
Stadio Ettore Giardiniero – Via del Mare
Juan Musso1
28′
Hans Hateboer33
24′
Davide Zappacosta77
Four.
82′
Giovanni Bonfanti43
74′
Isak Hien4
Rafael Toloi2
66′
54′
Giorgio Scalvini42
53′
Mario Pasalic8
43′
67′
Alexey Miranchuk59
Bilal Toure10
36′
Four.
53′
Gianluca Scamacca90
52′
61′
Replacements
Marco Carnesecchi29
Francesco Rossi31
Berat Djimsiti19
61′
28′
Mitchell Bakkertwenty
74′
Matteo Ruggeri22
Ederson13
Four.
82′
Charles De Ketelaere17
Four.
47′
54′
Michael Adopo25
67′
53′
Leonardo Mendicino44
Ademola LookmanEleven
53′
coach
Luca Gotti
Gian Piero Gasperini
Source: La Verdad
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