Final result: Atalanta-Hellas Verona 6-1
ATALANTA (edited by Patrick Iannarelli)
Carnesecchi 6 – Idle throughout the match, he can do very little about Sarr’s shot. For the rest he hardly gets his gloves dirty, just a save at the end for a passing grade on his report card.
Djimsiti 6.5 – He spent half the first half attacking. Verona struggled to get past midfield, helping the team more in the construction phase than in the non-possession phase.
Hien 6.5 – Evening of normal administration for the entire rearguard, he is the first to handle the ball when the Goddess starts from the bottom.
Kolasinac 6.5 – The physical problems of the last few weeks are now behind us. Usual proof of solidity and character, it has become a fixed point. From 77′ Palestra sv
Zappacosta 6.5 – He doesn’t even feel the 90 minutes he played with Celtic. He sinks, tries to cross, the duel with Tchatchoua is won by a landslide from the first minutes. From 56′ Bellanova 6 – He makes his department colleague take a breather, manages the pace without forcing too much.
De Roon 7 – He’s now got the habit, he’s even giving up the urge to score goals. He opens the ball, then goes into the middle of the field to recover balls.
Ederson 7 – Left free to set up the game, he dominates far and wide. He shows off assists, chases everyone, Gasp it gives him little less than time to rest in view of Monza. From 56′ Pasalic 6 – He enters with the race practically closed, he practices academics like all the Goddess.
Ruggeri 6.5 – The right match to regain confidence and continuity. He makes himself available to the team and runs a lot, creating a lot of problems for Verona’s right lane.
De Keteleare 7.5 – He just had to break the deadlock after the goal scored against Fiorentina. Said and done, an elusive parable was invented, a Nerazzurri apostrophe in the Bergamo trident.
Retegui 8 – It has become an infernal machine. Ten goals in nine games played, he puts every ball he intercepts into the goal. Does he miss scoring in the Champions League? It doesn’t matter, in the championship he has become uncatchable. From the 62nd minute Zaniolo 6 – He continues to accumulate minutes, he must find the right confidence again. But it doesn’t matter with a team in this shape.
Lookman 8.5 – He seems demented. Then Verona makes the only mistake, the one that no team should ever make: they leave him a meter and a half, he uses everything he has available and provides two assists. Then he also scores two goals. From 56′ Samardzic 6.5 – He comes in and is immediately on the ball, moves between the lines and creates a lot of danger.
Gian Piero Gasperini 8 – Race dominated, he finds the right motivations and transfers them to his team. The tennis score underlines the confidence of a team that now has no intention of stopping.
VERONA (edited by Marco Pieracci)
Montipò 5.5 – Holed by De Roon on the first shot on goal, Retegui, De Ketelaere and Lookman rage. Under siege, little responsibility.
Magnani 4 – Lookman immediately gives him a strong migraine, at 5-0 Ederson sends him to the ground with a movement of the hips. Asphalted.
Coppola 4 – It’s an understatement to define the first half as traumatic and it will be difficult to forget it: Retegui seems to be playing a different sport. From 46′ Daniliuc 5 – It aligns with the context, late on the sixth goal.
Ghilardi 4.5 – Of the defensive trio at least he is the most combative, unlucky in the rebound which leads to the second goal and then goes haywire too.
Tchatchoua 4.5 – The yellow-blue right wing has more holes than a well-known Swiss cheese, Ruggeri keeps it in his grasp for the entire match.
Serdar 4.5 – Eaten up in tackles, soft opposition on Atalanta poker: he turns instead of closing. Better returns were seen again. From 67′ Suslov 5.5 – Zero ideas, it has no impact.
Belahyane 6 – A bit of order in the chaos, he tries to rebel against the general mediocrity with good ball management: assist for Sarr.
Bradaric 4 – Bullied by De Ketelaere, he watches him helplessly when he draws the wonderful parabola that fits under the intersection. From 46′ Lazovic 5.5 – Bellanova keeps it low.
Kastanos 4.5 – Cut off from the maneuver, you almost forget about his presence: the balls touched can be counted on the fingers of one hand. From 46′ Dani Silva 5.5 – Engage Carnesecchi.
Level 4.5 – In theory he should attack spaces, reality says otherwise: a header to the side at the start of the second half was his only jolt. From 79′ Alidou sv
Sarr 6 – He hits the post but starts offside, draws the joker and finds a crazy goal. But it’s only a small consolation.
Paolo Zanetti 4 – He matches Gasperini, but after a quarter of an hour he is already down by three goals which could have been five and will eventually become six. A nightmare week ends in Bergamo, which started badly and ended worse. Will he still be on the bench in the direct clash with Lecce?