Napoli-Atalanta 0-3, Lookman and Retegui sign the collapse of the league leaders

Naples, November 3, 2024 - After the collapse of Verona on the first day of the championship Napoli he had not lost any more and, even less, had he left any points on the road in a Maradona returned a fort also thanks to a friendly calendar. Then to Fuorigrotta here comes theAtalanta and for one afternoon the music changes: in the facility where until a few months ago the compatriot was exalted osimhen, Lookman he raises his voice and in half an hour he puts his team ahead by two thanks also to a very inspired The Ketelaere, who clearly wins the long-distance duel with kvaratskhelia. To 'imitate' the three-of-a-kind cashed in Bentegodi in the now distant August a piece is missing that Retegui he places his foot in full recovery with a great right-footed volley that brings the Azzurri back to earth (betrayed by the woodwork during the attempt to McTominay, one of the few of the entire match) and ignites the brawl behind them. A brawl in which theAtalanta and not just for the 'simple' role of disturber.

The official lineups

  Tale choose a 4-3-3 open from Meret, protected by By Lorenzo, Good morning, Rrahmani e Olive, with Anguissa, gilmour e McTominay on the midline and politan e kvaratskhelia at the service of Lukaku. Gasperini reply with a 3-4-1-2 that he sees between the posts Carnesecchi, with Djimsiti, Hien e Kolasinac in defense and Ederson e DeRoon in the middle of the field: on the bands there are Zappa costa e Ruggeri, while in attendance of Lookman appear The Ketelaere e Pasalic.  

First half

  The ball is quickly taken over by theAtalanta, but the first flash is of kvaratskhelia, whose cross does not reach Lukaku in the middle by a matter of centimetres. At 8' the number 11 is sought and found by a bowled shot in the middle of By Lorenzo, but his header is a phone call for Carnesecchi. On the other side, at 9' the left-handed volley by Lookman on a whim of The Ketelaere: bad on the occasion the previous header of Olive on the cross of Ruggeri. The Napoli he doesn't lose his composure and in the 10th minute he immediately has the chance to make the score with a shot from the edge of the area McTominay: the post to his left saves Carnesecchi. In the 16th minute the Scotsman did even worse, shooting a ball into the sky from the heart of the six-yard box on a suggestion from Olive, good at recovering an action that was almost lost. At 18' politan feeds the vertical cutting of Anguissa, closed by Carnesecchi. Once the suffering phase is over, theAtalanta returns to the attack with an attempted penetration of The Ketelaere stopped by the blue defense. At 23' Lookman works for Pasalic, which opens the conclusion too much, missing the appointment with the doubling. An appointment postponed in reality only until the 30th minute, when still The Ketelaere change game for Lookman, which exceeds By Lorenzo and punishes again Meret with a great curling right-footed shot from distance. In the 32nd minute, the Nerazzurri number 17 tried to close the match from the heart of the area with a shot deflected off the back of By Lorenzo (touch not noticed by the referee team). At 40' the dangerous player returns Napoli and Lukaku, who finds himself with a bell tower on his feet but takes too long to turn around to fool the attentive Hien. At 44' kvaratskhelia puts in the middle a precise trailer for Olive, who from an excellent position misses contact with the ball. The referee Duties grant 1' of recovery which paradoxically smiles more at theAtalanta, who again comes close to the hat-trick with Pasalic, which hits the headache in dive yet another great suggestion in the middle of The Ketelaere.

Second half

  Upon returning from the changing rooms kvaratskhelia he immediately tries with a razor shot from the distance at which he lies down Carnesecchi. On the other side Meret comes out badly on the lunge of Lookman, who tries to fool him with a lob that is instead thwarted by Good morning: the case was definitively closed by the offside signal of the Nigerian striker. At 50' Olive bowl in the middle a soft cross that politan, in a suspicious position, he goes off into the arms of Carnesecchi and its plastic parade. TheAtalanta tries to freeze possession of the ball, trying to restart as soon as possible: in the 56th minute one of these occasions arms a razor-sharp shot Zappa costa which, diverted from Olive, yields a corner. From the developments Djimsiti pinch for Ederson, which hits the body again Olive. The third consecutive lap from the flag sees Kolasinac to make a header from zero meters both Olive is Meret, but everything is ruined by the offside signal. Even the Napoli earns a corner thanks to By Lorenzo: from the developments the ball arrives to Rrahmani, which from a lateral position crushes it on the bottom. On the overturning Ederson, served as usual Lookman, does everything right by penetrating the blue area before kicking out in precarious balance. The first moves of Tale are ngonge e Breakers for politan e gilmour. just ngonge in the 65th minute he is launched in depth by Rrahmani before being mowed down by Kolasinac, warned: from the subsequent punishment Carnesecchi he instinctively saves from the header Good morning, made even more dangerous by a deflection. At 68' The Ketelaere he's pushing right on Good morning just enough to avoid being called for a foul: the Nerazzurri earn a corner with a bit of luck, but it doesn't lead to any developments. The first move of Gasperini è Kossounou for Kolasinac, already cautioned and in constant difficulty in the duel with ngonge: Tale instead he calls kvaratskhelia and throws into the fray Neres. In the 75th minute the Nerazzurri restart at full speed with a central through ball by Kossounou, who resists the pressing of the home defense and serves Pasalic, which in turn opens for Lookman, who this time sends the ball only to the outside of the net. The new moves of Gasperini are Samardzic e Retegui for Lookman e The Ketelaere, while Tale, at the last changes, pull down Lukaku e Olive, replaced by Simeon e Spinazzola. The cholito he presents himself with a shot from outside deflected by the silhouette of Breakers, while shortly after the gloves are needed Carnesecchi to block the conclusion (muffled by DeRoon) Of ngongeLaunched by By Lorenzo. The latest moves of Gasperini are Brescianini e Bellanova for Pasalic e Zappa costa. At 86' Spinazzola works a great ball and puts it in the middle for the header over the bar ngonge. The injury time allocated by Duties are 4 and they only serve theAtalanta, who scored the third goal in the 93rd minute with Retegui, who capitalizes on the cross with a great right-foot volley Bellanova starting his party.