FLORENCE (ITALPRESS) – Atalanta suffers, but wins 3-2, responds to the momentary overtaking of Napoli and regains fourth place in the standings; a great Vlahovic (who scored a brace) is not enough for Fiorentina. At the Franchi, Zapata’s brace and a penalty from Ilicic extinguish any hope of salvation for the viola team, which is still +8 from Cagliari (third from last). On a day that saw all the contenders for the Champions League win, Atalanta made their own an important success in view of the match against Juventus (losing Romero through disqualification, however). Gasperini’s team (which has failed many occasions) directs the game in the first 45 ‘. And it does so on the axis composed of Malinovskyi and Zapata. The 1-0 comes from a corner kick: a cross from the Ukrainian and a header from the bomber who stands above Bonaventura and signs the advantage. At half an hour Zapata does the dress rehearsal for the doubling but face to face with Dragowski shoots on the goalkeeper. Fiorentina creates little, relies on the sacrifice of Vlahovic, too isolated on the offensive front. Duvan Zapata is not isolated, however, who scores 2-0 at the second chance. At 40 ‘the usual Malinovskyi invents for the Colombian who snaps on the edge of the offside and doubles. In the second half, Fiorentina returns to the game and does so thanks to its drivers: on the development of a cross from the left, Caceres acts as a side for Vlahovic who, with his left-handed, shortens the distance with the fifteenth goal in the league. But in the 59th minute another purple protagonist is needed to keep Iachini’s men alive: from the corner kick, Toloi has the ball of 3-1 but Dragowski’s response to the defender’s shot is decisive. And at 67 ‘Fiorentina equalized. The signing is still by Vlahovic but Kouamê does everything, who makes fun of Djimsiti in the open field and serves the Serbian the easiest of the balls to put on the net. But the joy of the equalizer did not last long: in the 70th minute the referee Sacchi punished a touch with the arm of Martinez Quarta in the area and conceded the penalty: from eleven meters Ilicic made no mistake. The last chance is of Zapata who flies face to face with Dragowski but has his shot blocked and denied his personal hat-trick. We remain at 3-2: Atalanta is fourth, Fiorentina not yet saved. (ITALPRESS). spf / pdm / red 11-Apr-21 22:52
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