He punished Salernitana with a five-minute “fire” and Atalanta sees Europe!

He wears a scarf to secure a European ticket Atalanta!

The “Bergamaski” won 4-1 Salernitana for its 16th matchday Serie Ain a game in which they were behind in the score, but in the second half they improved noticeably, finding the net twice in five minutes and reaching the “three points” that puts them on course for Europe.

Specifically, the entirety of it Gian Piero Gasperini moved up to 7th place with 26 points and is -1 from 6th Fiorentina (27) and from the position that gives a European ticket. On the other hand, the losers remained at the bottom of the table with 8 points and their task to stay is more than difficult.

The visitors came into the match strongly and caught Atalanta by surprise, opening the scoring in their first good moment in the 10th minute with Lorenzo Pirola. The home side were then in control, but could not find an equalizer in the first half, but did not lose focus in the replay.

And this, because they entered with their foot pressed on the gas and punished Salernitana twice in the space of five minutes! Initially, in the 47th minute Luis Muriel tied the score at 1-1 with a one-piece shot and in the 52nd minute Pasalic gave the lead to his team.

De Ketelaere scored the 3-1 in the 83′ and in the 89′ Alexei Mirandchuk made the final 4-1, scoring his first goal this season in the Italian league.

The schedule for the 16th matchday:



Friday 15/12

Genoa-Juventus 1-1

(48′ Gudmusson – 28′ pen. Chiesa)

Saturday 16/12

Lecce-Frosinone 2-1

(11′ Piccoli, 89′ Ramadani – 33′ pen. Caio Georges)

Napoli-Cagliari 2-1

(69′ Osimen, 75′ Kvaratskelia – 72′ Pavoletti)

Torino-Eboli 1-0

(25′ Zapata)

Sunday 17/12

Milan-Monza 3-0

(3′ Raiders, 41′ Simic, 76′ Okafor)

Fiorentina-Verona 1-0

(79′ Beltran)

Udinese-Sassuolo 2-2

(36′ Luca, 55′ Pereira – 75′ pen., 88′ pen. Berardi)

Bologna-Rome 2-0

(37′ Moreau, 49′ auto. Christensen)

Lazio-Inter 0-2

(40′ Lautaro Martines, 66′ Tiram)

Monday 18/12

Atalanta-Salernitana 4-1

(47′ Muriel, 52′ Pasalic, 83′ De Ketelaere, 89′ Mirandchuk – 10′ Pirola)

The next (17th) matchday:



Friday 22/12

Empoli-Lazio (19:30)

Sassuolo-Genoa (19:30)

Salernitana-Milan (21:45)

Monza-Fiorentina (21:45)

Saturday 23/12

Frosinone-Juventus (13:30)

Bologna-Atalanta (16:00)

Torino-Udinese (16:00)

Inter-Lecce (19:00)

Verona-Cagliari (19:00)

Roma-Napoli (21:45)