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UEL | Atalanta 1-0 Sturm Graz: Djimsiti books qualification

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2 years ago

10:05 pm

Berat Djimsiti marked his 200^th look within the Atalanta jersey with a aim to beat Sturm Graz and qualify for the Europa League knockout part, virtually guaranteeing first place too.

La Dea had been nonetheless smarting after fumbling the lead in Austria in opposition to 10 males for a 2-2 draw, however remained three factors clear on the high of the group. Charles De Ketelaere, Giorgio Scalvini, Matteo Ruggeri, Jose Luis Palomino and El Bilal Toure had been injured. Stefan Hierlander sat out a ban, with Seedy Jatta and Otar Kiteishvili carrying muscular points.

Ederson knocked down a free kick for Rafael Toloi to balloon over the bar from 12 yards, whereas a vital defensive interception prevented the Ademola Lookman roll throughout from reaching Gianluca Scamacca for the tap-in.

Sturm Graz striker Szymon Wlodarczyk flashed an angled drive throughout the face of aim when on absolutely the verge of the offside entice.

Dimitri Lavalee couldn’t hold the troublesome volley down from outdoors the field, whereas after the restart Lookman drilled simply large of the close to submit.

Atalanta lastly received the breakthrough after a chaotic nook with makes an attempt charged down repeatedly till Djimsiti managed to show in with assistance from a deflection. It was an effective way to mark his 200^th look for the membership.

Teun Koopmeiners went on a robust run and pulled again for Lookman, whose end was charged down, although Tomi Horvat additionally blasted off course from distance.

Luis Muriel’s first contact let him down on an extended Ederson ball, however Mario Pasalic missed an astonishing alternative to kill the sport on 70 minutes. Hans Hateboer received down the precise and rolled throughout for the simple tap-in, which the Croatian someway steered large from six yards.

Muriel took a free kick brief for Koopmeiners, whose daisy-cutter was deflected inches large, whereas the goalkeeper rushed out to disclaim Ederson and Jusuf Gazibegovic made the sliding block on Pasalic’s end when despatched clear by Muriel.

Pasalic thought he had scored in stoppages after a sensational give and go together with Aleksei Miranchuk, however was denied by the beautiful Kjell Scherpen fingertip save.

Sporting CP beat Rakow 2-1 and climb to second place on seven factors, three adrift of leaders Atalanta.

Atalanta 1-0 Sturm Graz

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