Monza relegated from Serie A, Atalanta heading towards Champions League

Monza says goodbye to Serie A after a difficult season, while Atalanta approaches the Champions League with a decisive victory.

di FABRIZIO CARCANO
5 May 2025
Ademola Lookman, 27, kicks the ball into the goal for the 3-0 for the team coached by Gian Piero Gasperini

Ademola Lookman, 27, kicks the ball into the goal for the 3-0 for the team coached by Gian Piero Gasperini

After three years the Monza say hello to Serie A, at the end of a season to forget. While theAtalanta puts a serious mortgage on third place and its fifth qualification in ChampionsThe provincial derby of the A4 smiled as always on the Goddess, with their sixth consecutive victory against the Brianza team, clever and cynical in knowing how to close the dispute after just 23 minutes with a brace from the revived Charles DeKetelaere, who had not scored in the league since last December 22nd. A game without a story since the Atalanta double, then definitively concluded with Lookman's 3-0 in the second minute of the second half, but Nesta's team still honored their commitment, coming close to scoring several times, always finding the gloves of an unbeatable Marco Carnesecchi. The Pieri curve supported the team with warmth and ironic chants about the relegation, with only a few grumbles after the 3-0, applauding however the commitment of the red and whites in the second half, against an opponent ahead by 53 points in the standings. Atalanta is flying with the record of twelve away victories and is now preparing for a downhill finish: on Monday Roma at Gewiss, then the away game in Genoa and the last home game with Parma.

"From now on, every match can be decisive for us to reach the Champions. Starting with the challenge with Roma. We must have maximum ferocity", he said at the end Gian Piero Gasperini. Annoyed only for the warning that will cost Hien the disqualification against Roma in a moment of defensive emergency. After the press conference Gasp still nervous with a reporter. Great bitterness in the Monza house. "Unfortunately it is the day of relegation - says the ds Mauro Bianchessi –, there is great bitterness. Starting tomorrow (today, ed.) we will sit down at the table with Dr. Galliani to build a strong team and bring Monza back to Serie A".

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