Eusebio Di Francesco ruthless: "Nothing to save"

Atalanta won three crucial points in the 31st day of Serie A, bringing itself one length closer to the Roma of former coach Gasperini and moving to -5 from the Champions zone. The Nerazzurri dominated on the field of Lecce and imposed themselves with a net 3-0 in a match with no real history.

The start was of the Salentini, who started better despite the initial strike of the fans, but wasted a good chance with Fofana and then suffered the guests’ growth. Falcone kept his side afloat on De Ketelaere, but in the 28th minute he had to surrender to the winning insertion of Scalvini, left free by Ndaba.

In the second half, Atalanta continued to push: a goal was disallowed for offside, but in the 59th minute, however, came the doubling with former Krstovic, again on an assist from De Ketelaere. Closing the score was Raspadori, who had just entered, with a great shot from the distance.

Lecce failed to react, making itself dangerous only with Banda and cashing its fifth defeat in the last six games. The Giallorossi thus remain in third-last place with 27 points, in the company of Cremonese.

“Until 0-1 we saw a good Lecce, we were lacking on the final choices. We were short and we were winning duels, with the goal they split us in two and this we cannot afford. Today there is nothing to save, but we need to reset right away, we were not the usual Lecce. Today we were not up to it. We hope it is just an episode, today it hurt me and I am sorry for this performance in our stadium,” said a disappointed Di Francesco.