Atalanta rules Udinese in the first half and flies to fourth place
Atalanta-Udinese 2-0
The Saturday of the 22nd day of Serie A opens with the clear success of Atalanta. which regulates Udinese 2-0, thanks to a superlative first half that steered the race towards Gasperini's men.
The first chance è for the hosts on 12’: De Ketelaere recovered the ball on a mistake by Perez and served Miranchuk, who went horizontally from Scamacca, whose right-footed shot just grazed the second post. On 33’ Atalanta manages to find the lead goal: De Ketelaere receives at the back and offloads back for Miranchuk, who manages to beat Okoye with a dirty finish.
Wounded by the conceded goal, Udinese also managed to make themselves dangerous, first with Ebosele and then with Samardzic, but in both cases the two players found a fine response from Carnesecchi. In the best moment of the bianconeri, però the Dea found the double in the first half recovery: Holm served De Ketelaere in depth, who left for Scamacca who pierced the Friulian goalkeeper with a perfect diagonal.
In the second half, the’inertia è still in favor of Gasperini’s men, who came close to scoring the third goal in 56’: De Ketelaere crosses into the box for Holm, who strikes in a semi-rebounded shot forcing Okoye to make an excellent save. After the pinwheel of substitutions, Udinese managed to make itself dangerous in Carnesecchi’s sides only with Lovric, who on a free kick forced the Azzurri extreme defender to deflect into a corner. After that blare, Atalanta manages to manage the double advantage until the final whistle.
With this success, La Dea è moved up to fourth place in the standings with 36 points, while Udinese remains in 16th place with 18 points and a one-point lead from the relegation zone. On the next day the bianconeri will face Monza, while the orobici will meet Lazio.
