Marten de Roon is important for Atalanta with a goal against the gate closer


Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 5:02 PM• Sam Vreeswijk • Last update: 17:06

Atalanta has booked a victory on last Saturday afternoon against Cremonese: 1-3. Marten de Roon gave the visitors the lead just before half-time, after which Daniel Ciofani scored the equalizer in the second half with a converted penalty. In the final phase, Jérémie Boga and Ademola Lookman ensured that the points still went to Bergamo. Due to the victory, Atalanta climbs to fifth place in Serie A for the time being.

Without the injured Hans Hateboer (cruciate ligament) and Teun Koopmeiners (thigh), but with De Roon in the base, Atalanta had a few options in the first half. For example, an attempt by Duván Zapata went wide and Rafael Tolói went wide via another player. Cremonese, with Cyriel Dessers on the bench, also showed himself regularly, but it was Atalanta that went to rest with a lead. A cross from Zapata ended up at the feet of De Roon via a defender, who had plenty of time to find a corner: 0-1.

Ten minutes after the break, Cremonese was awarded a penalty after Tolói made a handball. Ciafani did not fail: 1-1. Twenty minutes before the end, Boga gave the visitors the lead again by tapping in a low cross from Rasmus Höjlund. The same Dane failed to decide the game just before time, by shooting wide in a promising position. However, the 1-3 still came: in injury time, Atalanta took advantage of Lookman’s loss of possession in the back of the home team, which sees relegation getting closer due to the defeat.

No. Team m W G v +/- Pnt
1 Naples 27 23 2 2 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 23 52
3 Internazionale 27 16 2 9 16 50
4 AC Milan 27 14 6 7 8 48
5 Atlanta 28 14 6 8 15 48
6 AS Roma 27 14 5 8 9 47
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 6 38
9 Florence 27 10 7 10 1 37
10 bologna 27 10 7 10 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 -28 15
20 Cremonese 28 1 10 17 -29 13