The striker scored a brace in the Bergamo team’s 3-0 away win against the current leaders of the Italian Championship.
With a decisive performance from striker Lookman, Atalanta achieved a formidable result this Sunday morning, 3/11. Moreover, the team went to the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples to face Napoli on the eleventh day of the Italian Championship. Against the league leaders they won 3-0. The highlight of the match was striker Ademola Lookman; the Englishman, who has dual Nigerian nationality and plays for the African team, scored a brace for the Bergamo team. Top scorer Retegui, who entered the final stretch, completed the scoring and scored his 11th Italian goal.
The victory thus brings Atalanta to second place, with 22 points. If Inter, who have 21, stumbles in the group, the Bergamo team will maintain this position. On the other hand, Napoli, despite the defeat, still occupies first place, with 25 points.
Lookman doubles Napoli
Atalanta surprised. With an effective defensive system that nullified the Neapolitan attacks, especially Lukaku, the team was lethal. With the ball at his feet he controlled the pace and looked for the best offensive opportunities. In this way they managed to finish the match with more ball possession, even playing away from home (52% to 48%), as well as having a similar number of shots (Napoli 13 to 12). However, it was much more effective. After all, he scored two goals and had a third disallowed, while the Neapolitans threatened little.
Lookman defined the result with his goals in the first half. In the first, after ten minutes, he made a nice finish from a pass from the left, shooting at goalkeeper Meret with no escape. The second goal came in the 31st minute. Lookman receives the ball in the area, on the left, cuts the marker and shoots into Meret’s corner.
Atalanta wins the three points
In the finale, right at the start, he scored a goal, but it was disallowed by VAR. After that the game kept up. We have already added Retegui, top scorer in the Italian Championship and who arrived shortly before, started from the bench and expanded. Atalanta thus demonstrated that it is a candidate for the Scudetto, presenting good football after the shock of the opening round, when it lost against Venezia 3-0. We must therefore be careful of Mr. Gasperini’s team, which is not the current champion of the Europa League, coincidentally.
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