UEL | Atalanta 1-1 Sporting: Scamacca secures top spot

UEL | Atalanta 1-1 Sporting: Scamacca secures top spot

Gianluca Scamacca scored a scorcher that was cancelled out by Marcus Edwards and the woodwork denied Sporting CP, as a draw guarantees Atalanta take top spot in the Europa League group.

La Dea were already sure of qualification, but needed a point to guarantee top spot and therefore avoiding the play-offs. Charles De Ketelaere joined Rafael Toloi, Jose Luis Palomino, Davide Zappacosta and El Bilal Toure on the treatment table, while Ivan Fresneda and Daniel Bragança didn’t make the trip. Marcus Edwards was on the bench after being in a car crash this week.

Gianluca Scamacca had the ball in the net after six minutes on an Ademola Lookman through ball, but had just wandered offside.

Sporting had a huge opportunity when Viktor Gyokeres spun Berat Djimsiti and cut inside Sead Kolasinac for a shot that skimmed the base of the far post.

Scamacca did successfully spring the offside trap on the Teun Koopmeiners pass and made it stick with a right-foot screamer from 20 metres out that bent back Antonio Adan’s glove.

Pedro Goncalves was sent clear on goal by Gyokeres, but horribly wasted the opportunity with a weak dinked finish that was like a back-pass to Juan Musso.

Both sides wasted big chances straight after the restart, Marcus Edwards denied from close range by Musso and Scamacca firing wide of an open goal when Ederson rolled across, as he insisted on getting it onto his right foot.

Edwards did equalise moments later with a well-worked move, completing the give and go with Gyokeres to beat Musso one-on-one.

Ederson’s angled drive flashed just past the far post, but none of his teammates making the run to meet it.

Pedro Goncalves was extraordinarily unlucky on 67 minutes, as his finish from an Edwards assist beat Musso, bounced off the inside of the upright, rolled along the line and back out off the other post.

There was a bizarre moment when Atalanta replaced Koopmeiners with Aleksei Miranchuk by mistake. It seems the fourth official was handed the wrong number, but because Miranchuk had already set foot on the pitch before the error was spotted, it was too late to change.

Pedro Goncalves missed another absolutely huge opportunity when he sprung the offside trap and beat the on-rushing Musso only to prod wide of the far post.

Miranchuk curled wide and then forced a save out of the goalkeeper, while Kolasinac limped off with a calf problem.

Atalanta 1-1 Sporting

Scamacca 23 (A), Edwards 56 (S)

Player statistic

1st half
    11′ Gonçalo Inácio
Gianluca Scamacca

(Assist: Teun Koopmeiners)
23′    
Ademola Lookman 38′    
Giorgio Scalvini 42′    
Sead Kolasinac 43′    
2nd half
    56′ Goal Marcus Edwards

(Assist: Viktor Gyökeres)
Marten de Roon 62′    
    90+1′ Hidemasa Morita
    90+4′ Yellow card Matheus Reis

Match statistic

43

Possession %

57

6

Total shots

10

3

Shots on target

2

3

Shots off target

7

Blocked shots

1

2

Corners

2

4

Offsides

1

17

Fouls

7


Atalanta


Sporting

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper

19
Defender

42
Defender

87′

33
Defender

22
Defender

23
Defender

86′

13
Midfielder

15
Midfielder

7
Midfielder

69′

11
Attacker

64′

90
64′

1
Goalkeeper

25
Defender

3
Defender

2
Defender

26

47
Defender

46′

5
Midfielder

42
Midfielder

78′

8
Midfielder

17
Attacker

46′

9
Attacker

Substitutes

31
Goalkeeper

21
Defender

29
Goalkeeper

25
Midfielder

99
Attacker

46

43

9
Attacker

64′

8
Midfielder

64′

59
Midfielder

69′

3
Defender

86′

20
Defender

87′

12
Goalkeeper

20
Attacker

13
Defender

14
Midfielder

72
Defender

90
Attacker

51
Goalkeeper

21
Attacker

46′

10
Attacker

46′

4
81′

11
Midfielder




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