Atalanta is a river in flood. After the 18 goals scored in the last 6 games he scores 6 against Young Boys and takes away 3 very important points from Bern in the race for the top 8 places in the Champions League, momentarily rising to 4th place at 11. The Orobic team confirm that they are going through a magical moment: after the 7th victory in a row in Serie A they also achieved the 7th consecutive victory overall which also erases the bitterness of having seen the unbeaten record of their goal fall in Europe that lasted for 393′ (from the goal conceded by Mbappé in the Super Cup, ndr). Beyond the usual Retegui’s brace, at the Wankdorfstadion it was above all the night of Charles De Ketelaere who had the satisfaction of closing the match by having a hand in all the scores (2 goals and 3 assists).
«The match report»
Gasp relaunches De Ketelaere who immediately sends Retegui to score
Compared to the away game in Parma, Gasperini has changed something by reintroducing Kolasnic in the defense trio, Cuadrado replacing the injured Bellanova on the right, Pasalic in midfield in place of Ederson and the Brescianini-De Ketelaere duo in support of Retegui. The move immediately paid off. In fact, at the first opportunity, Atalanta passed: De Ketelaere found the right corridor to launch Retegui who, with a precise diagonal right-footed shot, scored the first Champions League goal of his career.
Ganvoula equalises, De Ketelaere restores the distance
Young Boys were not scared and 2′ later they equalized with Ganvoula who cut perfectly from a corner from the left by Ungrinic, headed ahead of Hien and bent Carnesecchi’s hands. Atalanta responded in kind in the 28th minute: from another corner from the left, extended with a heel by Kossounou, De Ketelaere controlled and kicked with his left foot on a turn, putting Von Ballmoos under his body.
Kolasinac and Retegui drop the poker before the break
Young Boys skidded and in the 32nd minute they were punctured again, this time with a throw-in by Kolasinac, launched vertically by a wild De Ketelaere. The Belgian was not satisfied and in the 39th minute he unleashed his third assist of the evening: he went down the left and crossed for Retegui, who anticipated Lauper and with a precise right-footed shot to the near post made his 14th center of the season.
De Ketelaere completes the show, Samardzic enters and scores
De Ketelaere’s show also continued at the start of the second half (56′): the former AC Milan player moved in from the right, skipped past three men and with a strong left foot wrong-footed Von Ballmoos, also thanks to a decisive deflection from Camara. The match, in fact, ended here and then Gasperini took advantage of it to make another turnover by removing Retegui, Brescianini, Kolasinac and then De Ketelaere himself to give space to Samardzic, Zaniolo, Toloi and the young Palestra (making his Champions League debut ). Atalanta were not distracted and with Samardzic they completed the set in the 90th minute: the Serbian went away with a tunnel to Niasse and with a left-footed shot to the near post he put the ball into the back of the opponent’s net for the sixth time.
YOUNG BOYS-ATALANTA 1-6 (1-4)
Young Boys (4-3-3): Von Ballmoos 4.5; Blum 5, Camara 4.5, Lauper 4.5, Hadjam 5 (33rd Athecame 5.5); Ugrinic 4.5, Niasse 5, Lacomi 5 (1’st Males 5.5); Colley 4.5 (1st Virginius 5), Ganvoula 6.5 (16th Itten 5), Monteiro 5 (22nd Elijah 5). Allergen: Magnin.
Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi 6; Kossounou 7, Hien 7 (35’st Godfrey 6), Kolasinac 7.5 (30’st Toloi 6); Cuadrado 7, De Roon 7, Pasalic 7, Ruggeri 6.5; Brescianini 7 (18’st Samardzic 7); De Ketelaere 8.5 (30’st Palestra 6), Retegui 8 (18’st Zaniolo 6.5). Coach: Gasperini.
Referee: Lukjancukas (Lit).
Rarely: 9’e 39’pt Retegui, 11’pt Ganvoula, 28’pt e 11’st De Ketelaere, 32’pt Kolasinac, 45’st Samardzic.
Warned: Colley, Brescianini, Elia.
Angles: 9-7 for Atalanta.
Recovery: 1′; 2′.
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