JAKARTA - Atalanta had to swallow the bitter pill when they hosted Verona in the 33rd week at the Atleti Azzurri Stadium on Tuesday, April 19 in the morning WIB. The hosts had to accept defeat by a thin score of 1-2.
The visitors took the lead through goals from Federico Ceccherini in the 45+2' minute and an own goal from Teun Koopmeiners in the 55th minute. Meanwhile, the host's reply was netted by Giorgio Scalvini with eight minutes remaining in a normal game.
Verona proved to be very dominant in this heated match by making 21 attempts on goal, six of which met on target. The hosts attempted 17 attempts and only four of them were accurate.
This defeat makes Atalanta's chances of competing in Europe next season become increasingly slim. Because Gian Piero Gasperini's squad is still in eighth place in the standings.
They recorded a new collection of 51 points. That number is seven points adrift of AS Roma and five points from Fiorentina who occupy the Europa League zone in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
Here are the facts about the Atalanta and Verona match that you need to know:
1. Atalanta lost six times in the second half of the season for the first time since 2015/2016 when they were under coach Edoardo Reja. This means that this is the first time in the Gasperini era.
2, Scalvini became the fourth player born after 2003 to score so far in Serie A. He is with team-mate Moustapha Cissé and two AS Roma players, Cristian Volpato and Felix Afena-Gyan.
3. Federico Ceccherini has scored in Serie A after 1436 days since 13 May 2018 against Lazio or after being barren in the previous 87 matches. Two of his three goals in Italy's top flight have been headers.
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