Mateo Retegui indomitable: 4 goals! Atalanta overwhelms Hellas Verona

Hellas Verona-Atalanta 0-5

The resounding individual performance by Mateo Retegui è the main theme of a match that was never in dispute: at the 'Bentegodi' Hellas Verona, already defeated 6-1 in the first leg at the Gewiss Stadium, loses with a clear 5-0, in which the four goals (three of them in the first half) scored by the Italian national team striker stand out.

The Retegui-show began on 21', with the Nerazzurri striker sending into the net the ball that initially ended up on the post after a great shot by De Ketelaere. The doubling came after just four turns of the clock: the ball passed from De Roon to Djimsiti, who served Retegui in the box again, who did not tremble in front of Montipò and signed the 2-0.

At 37' the only marking that does not bear the name of the Italo-Argentine: to score it è Ederson, at the end of an individual action in which all the defensive limits of the hosts emerge. A minute from 45'came the orobic poker and, at the same time, Retegui's hat-trick, who scored at the conclusion of a beat and rebound in the area.

In the resumption, Atalanta still starts with the accelerator pressed hard and at 56' the fifth goal arrives: to score it è again Mateo Retegui, who takes advantage in the best way of De Roon’s cross to score for the 20th time in this championship, flying in the scorers’ chart.

Thanks to this success, Atalanta moves to 50 points and consolidates third place in the standings. On the other hand, Hellas remains at 23 and cannot at all say it is calm: the relegation zone is only three points away and Parma, which occupies the third-last place, has yet to play its match of the 24th day.