Shows Dominance And Beat Sporting In Europa League, Atalanta To The Top Of The Standings

Atalanta's Giorgio Scalvini celebrated a goal with his partner in the Europa League match against Sporting Lisbon.

Atalanta beat Sporting Lisbon 2-1 in the Europa League Group D match at the Jose Alvalade Stadium, Friday, October 6 in the morning WIB. The victory brought Atalanta to the top of the standings.

The battle for the top position took place in Lisbon as both teams pocketed three points after winning in the first match.

In that duel, Atalanta showed her dominance, especially in the first half. Even the visitors immediately won two goals. Meanwhile, Sporting could only break into the opponent's goal once to reduce his defeat.

"Kami bermain bagus dan menunjukkan dominasi di babak pertama. Kami juga laya meraih tiga poin. Tetapi kalau kami bermain lebih baik, kami sudah bisa memastikan kemenangan lebih awal,"kata pelatih AtalaANT Gian Piero Gasperini menanggapi pertandingan itu.

"It is very dangerous to leave open space in European matches like this. We lost the intensity and the penalty made Sprting rise. But we were able to master the game well," he said.

Playing at the opponent's home, Atalanta had immediately pressed the opponent's defense with an open game. However, their attack still did not provide a positive result.

The first opportunity was obtained by Teun Koopmeiners who welcomed Charles De Ketelaere's cross after conducting a good partnership with Ademola Lookman. However, Koopmeiners failed to welcome the ball so the chance to score a goal was wasted.

Atalanta finally took the lead when Davide Zappacosta outwitted the opposing defender and then handed the ball to Giorgio Scalvini. Scalvini finished well with the opportunity to break into Sporting's goal in the 33rd minute.

Winning 1-0 makes La Dea even more enthusiastic about dominating the game. As a result, towards the end of the first half, Matteo Rugeri increased Atalanta's advantage.

Through a one-two collaboration with Lookman, he then fired a shot into the net. Goalkeeper Antonio Adan was still able to hold the ball. However, this rebound ball was then greeted by Rugeri and this time he made no mistake. Score 2-0 for Atalanta closed the first half.

Sporting tried to get up in the second half. Only Atalanta still shows its dominance so that the hosts find it difficult to reduce their lag.

Sporting was finally able to score a goal after receiving a penalty following a foul by Scalvini. The referee briefly reviewed the incident via VAR before pointing to the spot.

Striker Viktor Gyokeres completed the execution and changed the score to 2-1. No more goals added. The score 2-1 for Atalanta's advantage did not change until the end of the match.