With goals from Marten de Roon and Nicolò Zaniolo, Atalanta beat Roma 0-2 on Day 14 of the Serie A and remains as deputy leader of the Italian championship by harvesting 31 unitsonly one below Naples; will face Real Madrid en Champions League.
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Closing the Day 14 of the Italian League, Atalanta experienced a difficult test in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, so the scoreboard opened in the capital until minute 69so that – later – Zaniolo confirmed the victory of the Bergamo squad in the sunset of the meeting (89’).
FULL TIME | – points at the Olimpico!
Huge win in the Eternal City —@acqua_lete | #RomaAtalanta 0-2 #GoAtalantaGo — pic.twitter.com/BRcINXekxZ
— Atalanta BC (@Atalanta_BC) December 2, 2024
The Bergamo team added their eighth consecutive victory between all competitions and take three points advantage about Inter Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio, before hosting AC Milan in the championship and Real Madrid in the Champions League.
It’s always great to win but we have to keep our feet on the ground and take it game by game. But this streak gives us a lot of confidence,” declared De Roon.
Los men of Gian Piero Gasperiniwho already made history last season by winning the Europa Leagueshow signs of solidity in the candidacy to fight for the ‘Scudetto‘ week after week.
Atalanta has never been proclaimed champion of Italybut currently it is the highest scoring and in-form team in Serie A, a state of form in total contrast with Rome.
The match marked the return of the coach Claudio Ranieri to the Olympic Stadiumbut the veteran technician could not avoid the sixth defeat in the last seven games championship. The Rome occupies 15th position with 13 points, only two more than Como, the first team in the relegation zone.
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