Gebuk Napoli 3-1, Atalanta Faced Juventus In The Italian Cup Final

Atalanta midfielder Matteo Pessina (second from right) celebrates the goal he scored against Napoli (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Atalanta won tickets to the Italian Cup final after winning 3-1 over Napoli, in the semi-final second leg match which was played at the Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo, local Wednesday or Thursday morning WIB.

In the first leg played last week, the two teams shared a 0-0 draw.

Atalanta's first goal was recorded by Duvan Zapata in the tenth minute. Matteo Pessina then doubled the hosts' lead with a goal in the 16th minute. Napoli had a chance to reduce the gap through Hirving Lozano's goal in the 53rd minute, but Pessina restored Atalanta's two-goal lead through his goal in the 78th minute, Antara noted on the official Italian League website.

In the final match to be played in May, Atalanta will meet Juventus, who have previously secured the move to the top party.

The visitors Napoli had their first chance of the game, with a Lorenzo Insigne shot wide from the edge of the area.

But it was Atalanta who broke the deadlock with their first shot on goal, when Zapata's hard right-footed shot from 24 meters nestled into the goal guarded by goalkeeper David Ospina.

Not long ago Pessina doubled La Dea's lead. From a well executed attack scheme, Zapata sent a pass for Pessina to finish at the near post.

Muriel had the chance to score Atalanta's third before halftime, unfortunately his shot went wide, as did Zapata's left-footed shot from close range which bounced over the crossbar.

Lozano's goal raised hopes for Napoli at the start of the second half. The Mexican striker's first shot was blocked by goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini, but he swiftly moved to grab the bouncing ball and convert it into a goal.

Atalanta reacted with another threat from Josip Ilicic and Pessina to force goalkeeper Ospina to make a save, but Pessina completed his side's win thanks to his second goal as he dribbled past two opposing defenders and ripped the ball past the Napoli keeper.

The composition of players:

Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Pierluigi Gollini, Rafael Toloi, Jose Luis Palomino (Mattia Caldara 72 '), Berat Djimsiti, Robin Gosens, Marten de Roon, Bosko Sutalo, Matteo Pessina (Mario Pasalic 90'), Duvan Zapata, Luis Muriel (Josip Ilicic 56 ')

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini

Napoli (4-3-3): David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Nikola Maksimovic, Elseid Hysaj (Mario Rui 42 '), Eljif Elmas (Matteo Politano 46'), Tiemoue Bakayoko (Diego Demme 64 '), Piotr Zielinski (Stanislav Lobotka 64 '), Hirving Lozano, Victor Osimhen (Andrea Petagna 79'), Lorenzo Insigne

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso