Atalanta beats Marseille 3-0 in Bergamo thanks to goals from Lookman, Ruggeri and El Bilal Touré and wins a place in a historic Europa League final on May 22nd at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
The match
After the 1-1 draw in the first leg, an impeccable match from Gasperini’s team, he chose a rather offensive formation, with the trident formed by De Keteleare, Scamacca and Lookman and with Koopmeiners in the middle of the field with Ederson proving him right. Zappacosta and Ruggeri on the wings, while De Roon will position himself as the right-hand man in a defense also made up of Hien and Djimsiti. Musso confirmed between the posts.
The Nerazzurri started off strong straight away and in the 6th minute De Keteleare hit the post. Koopmeiners inserts the ball, with the Dutchman entering the area but remaining on the ground. De Keteleare rushes onto the ball and passes Pau Lopez towards the left, then hitting the outside post. In the 16th minute Scamacca tries to cross with his right foot, putting the ball out to the left of the post.
Gasperini’s team came close to taking the lead in the 24th minute with a double opportunity: following the corner the ball reached Scamacca who hit the crossbar squarely. The action continues with De Keteleare hitting a header, but Pau Lopez dives and clears it laterally.
Marseille becomes dangerous in the 27th minute: Kondogbia cuts in centrally and tries a shot with his right foot but the ball, twisted, ends up far from the post. Shortly afterwards Atalanta passes: in the 30th minute De Keteleare finds space in the middle of the field and extends for Lookman who comes back on the right at the edge of the area and finds the goal in the bottom right corner. Atalanta doesn’t stop and in the 34th minute another great save by De Keteleare for Lookman who slides to the ground, allowing Pau Lopez to clear. Shortly afterwards, De Keteleare was once again the protagonist but finished against the body of the Spanish goalkeeper. In the 40th minute Scamacca tries hard but the ball goes wide.
At the beginning of the second half Marseille had the opportunity to take it back. In the 50th minute Clauss beats Djimsiti and sends Ndiaye towards goal but the Senegalese striker sees Musso outside the posts and tries the lob, with the ball finishing just wide. But in the 52nd minute Atalanta closed it out with a Eurogoal from Ruggeri: triangle with Lookman and curling shot under the right corner for 2-0. The French try to reopen it in the 63rd minute but a strange parable from Veretout from a free kick hits the crossbar directly. Then in the 80th minute Koopmeiners tried from outside and the ball was blocked by Pau Lopez. In full recovery Atalanta scores the hat trick: in the 94th minute El Bilal Touré scored and recovered the ball high on the lefthe heads alone towards the opponent’s goal and beats Pau Lopez for the final 3-0 in the Nerazzurri’s triumph.