Serie A | Atalanta 2-1 Roma: Dea fly into fifth place

Moments later it was 2-0, as Teun Koopmeiners exchanged passes with Scamacca down the left and pulled back for De Ketelaere to sweep in relatively undisturbed with the inside of the right boot.

De Ketelaere could’ve had a hat-trick by the 36^th minute, this time drilling just wide, then thumped it against the upright from the tightest of angles, while Svilar palmed a Hans Hateboer header off the line.

That same post was again struck by Atalanta before half-time, as the Koopmeiners free kick went over the wall and smacked against the woodwork.

There should’ve been a third, as De Ketelaere turned Evan Ndicka to send Mario Pasalic through, a curler bent inches wide of the far post.

Ederson scuffed a finish into the arms of Svilar on a Scamacca back-heel flick, while Edoardo Bove finally got a Roma shot on target, albeit straight at Marco Carnesecchi on 54 minutes.

Ademola Lookman came off the bench and immediately drilled inches wide from the edge of the area, as did Marten de Roon moments later, while Svilar had to palm the Mario Pasalic attempt over the bar at the end of a very long passing move.

However, Roma were given a lifeline when Tammy Abraham combined with Lukaku and was caught by De Roon arguably after he had got the shot away, but the referee opted for a penalty. Lorenzo Pellegrini converted, despite Carnesecchi guessing the right angle.

Suddenly, it was a different game and Pellegrini threatened to equalise with a swept finish from the edge of the box on the Angelino assist, which Carnesecchi had to parry with difficulty.

The Atalanta goalkeeper also smothered a Lukaku angled drive set up by Abraham and Stephan El Shaarawy, while Ederson stung Svilar’s gloves at the near post, then both Koopmeiners and Aleksei Miranchuk drilled just wide from the edge of the box.

The biggest waste for Atalanta was in stoppages when Koopmeiners somehow blasted over with only Svilar to beat when sent clear by Lookman.

Atalanta 2-1 Roma

De Ketelaere 18, 20 (A), Pellegrini pen 66 (R)

12-05-2024 19:45 MatchDay 36 Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia)

Atalanta

Roma 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Charles De Ketelaere (Assist: Gianluca Scamacca)		18'
Charles De Ketelaere (Assist: Teun Koopmeiners)

20'     2nd half

		46'		Evan Ndicka
Teun Koopmeiners

58'         66'

Lorenzo Pellegrini

Match statistic

58 Possession % 42 24 Total shots 9 7 Shots on target 6 14 Shots off target 1 3 Blocked shots 2 6 Corners 1 2 Offsides 1 11 Fouls 11 Atalanta Roma

Starting lineups

29

Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper 19

Berat Djimsiti Defender 33

Hans Hateboer Defender 4 Isak Hien Defender 22 Matteo Ruggeri Defender 58' 13

Éderson Midfielder 88' 8

Mario Pasalic Midfielder 75' 15

Marten de Roon Midfielder 7

Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 17

Charles De Ketelaere Attacker 58' 90

Gianluca Scamacca Attacker 58' 99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper

Angeliño Defender 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 43

Rasmus Kristensen Defender 86' 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 86' 16

Leandro Paredes Midfielder 46' 7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder

46' 90

Romelu Lukaku Attacker 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker

Substitutes

1

Juan Musso Goalkeeper 31

Francesco Rossi Goalkeeper 2

Rafael Tolói Defender 20

Mitchel Bakker Defender 25

Michel Adopo Midfielder 45 Marco Palestra Defender 43 Giovanni Bonfanti Defender 53 Pietro Comi Defender 77

Davide Zappacosta Defender 58' 11

Ademola Lookman Attacker 58' 10

El Bilal Touré Attacker 58' 42 Giorgio Scalvini Defender 75' 59

Aleksey Miranchuk Midfielder 88' 6

Chris Smalling Defender 1

Rui Patrício Goalkeeper 2

Rick Karsdorp Defender 63 Pietro Boer Goalkeeper 59

Nicola Zalewski Midfielder 22

Houssem Aouar Midfielder 19

Zeki Celik Defender 14

Diego Llorente Defender 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 3 Dean Huijsen Defender 9

Tammy Abraham Attacker 46' 52 Edoardo Bove Midfielder 46' 17

Sardar Azmoun Attacker 86' 67

João Costa Attacker

86'