Atalanta Lift Devastated Bergamo, Inter Stay in Title Hunt Champions Juventus Return at Bologna
19 Sports Tuesday, June 23, 2020 ‘Reborn’ Atalanta lift devastated Bergamo, Inter stay in title hunt Champions Juventus return at Bologna MILAN: Atalanta, inspired by the message “I will be Some fans remained opposed to the restart, holding reborn, you will be reborn”, brought Serie A football up a banner which read: “Football without tifosi (fans) is back to Bergamo in style on Sunday following the coro- not football.” On the pitch, Atalanta consolidated their navirus lockdown with a 4-1 victory over Sassuolo as hold on the fourth and final Champions League spot, Inter Milan enjoyed a 2-1 victory against Sampdoria. moving six points ahead of fifth-placed Roma. “It’s a Bergamo was badly hit by the virus, with the city, sit- very important victory, when you resume after a long uated in the northern Lombardy region of which Milan time it is inevitable there will be doubts, but we put them is the capital, at the epicentre of Italy’s COVID-19 crisis. to one side by playing an excellent match that led to a Gian Piero Gasperini’s side hosted rivals Sassuolo be- great success which was also important for our position hind closed doors in their Gewiss Stadium in a match in the table,” said Gasperini. Atalanta, who are already played in memory of the city’s thousands of virus victims. through to the Champions League quarter-finals this Duvan Zapata scored a brace season, were three goals up at with Berat Djimsiti also on target the break. Mattia Caldara as Sassuolo’s Mehdi Bourabia knocked the ball down for Djim- turned into his own net, before siti who prodded in on 16 min- pulling a goal back deep into in- utes.
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