Atalanta temporarily climb back into the top four in Serie A after their 3-1 victory Spice Friday night at Gewiss Stadium.
Mario Pasalic scored twice in the second half, both sides of a good shot by Luis Muriel to help La Dea on the road.
The chances were few and very small in the first half, but both sides could have taken the lead, each having at least one great chance.
Pasalic they headed for Atalanta, but the best chance fell by the wayside Josip Ilicic. Jeroen Zoet he woke up in no man’s land when he played a weak ball that was lost, but Martin erlic he did his best to block his head while Ilicic tried to raise a shot into an almost empty goal.
Matteo Ricci forced a fine rescue from Marco Sportiello at the other end. Found by a sublime Daniele Verde through the ball, his effort was saved by the goalkeeper of Atalanta.
At Dea they tend to be dangerous in the minutes of both sides of the break and it turned out again, as they scored twice within ten minutes of restarting. Ilicic and Joakim Maehle combined to tee up Pasalic for the first, with the Croatian composing and taking his time before finishing easily.
Luis Muriel he succeeded two moments later. Robin Gosens he headed for the touching Colombian to settle down before turning perfectly into Zoet’s upper corner.
Muriel he was replaced by his compatriot Tobacco shoe which did not take long to get involved. After a cross led by Gosens, he played a perfect ball in the way of Pasalic, and the number 88 remained cold in the second slot.
Atalanta is the young striker Roberto Piccoli, on loan at Spezia, came off the bench and scored in front of the parent club with his first touch.
The win goes away Atalanta in fourth place with 52 points, but Roma can jump again with a victory in Parma on Sunday.