With targets from the Belgian Charles De Keteleaere and the Italian Gianluca Scamaccathe Atalanta achieved a elementary victory to mathematically certify his qualification for the following UEFA Champions League, competitors that has not been performed since 2021.
Scamacca (left) scored one of many targets for the victory EFE/EPA
On the finish of 2021, Gian Piero Gasperini’s ‘Dea’ performed his final match in ‘Champions’, a objective he has sought since then. On this historic marketing campaign wherein they’ve reached the ultimate of the Italian Cup, misplaced this Wednesday in opposition to Juve, and the ultimate of the Europa League, their first European, which they are going to play subsequent week in opposition to the Bayer Leverkusen of the Spanish Xabi Alonso, he added additionally the return to the most important continental membership competitors.
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Earlier than him Leccea staff that had nothing at stake and confirmed its permanence final day, didn’t fail to realize its goal. It required the looks of its fittest gamers to realize it, Simply the identical ones who had been missed within the Cup remaining in opposition to Juve: De Keteleare and Scamacca.
First it was the Belgian, who was lacking within the Cup remaining and this Saturday entered the sector at half-time. He wanted solely 3 minutes to make his entrance effectively, benefiting from the help of Scamacca himself and marking with a refined Vaseline to get the duel again on monitor.
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And shortly after, within the 53rd minute, it was the scorer of this staff, which was left with out a cup remaining on account of suspension, who closed the sport with a header from a nook kick.
Gasperini’s staff added their fifth consecutive victory in Serie A and can arrive on the historic duel in opposition to Leverkusen with a want for revenge after the misplaced Cup remaining.to. They’re fifth within the standings, with 66 factors with 1 matchday left and one other sport that has been postponed in opposition to ‘Fiore’, however with their homework already performed.
Moreover, in the event that they win the Europa League -and end fifth in Serie A-, the sixth-placed Italian staff would additionally go to the UEFA Champions League. For now, sixth is Roma.
