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UEL | Rakow 0-4 Atalanta: Dominant Dea in Europe

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2 years ago

6:50 am

Luis Muriel bagged a brace round a debut objective from youth product Giovanni Bonfanti and Charles De Ketelaere, as Atalanta consolidated their Europa League group victory.

La Dea had already assured first place, however had been aiming to complete the group part unbeaten. Sead Kolasinac, Jose Luis Palomino, Rafael Toloi, Gianluca Scamacca, Teun Koopmeiners and El Bilal Toure didn’t make the journey, so youth merchandise Giovanni Bonfanti and Tommaso Del Lungo obtained their full debuts. Rakow may nonetheless snatch third place and a spot within the Convention League from Sturm Graz.

It took simply 14 minutes to interrupt by means of in Poland, as Aleksei Miranchuk received it again in midfield and located Muriel, who minimize contained in the defender, feinted a shot on the far backside nook and as an alternative shocked the goalkeeper going close to put up with the within of the left boot.

The second objective was much less stylish and extra chaotic, as a nook noticed a number of tried tap-ins charged down from shut vary till Giovanni Bonfanti bundled it over the road to have fun his first senior begin with a objective.

Rakow wasted an unimaginable alternative to get one again, as a ball was flashed throughout the six-yard field and someway Lukasz Zwolinski hit a fresh-air tap-in.

Simply days after scoring a unprecedented back-heel flick winner in opposition to Milan in Serie A, Muriel tried once more twice. The primary was charged down by a defender, the rebound try then bounced off the bottom of the upright.

Muriel wasted a golden alternative after the restart when springing the offside lure to fireside huge with solely the goalkeeper left to beat.

Miranchuk fired a few efforts off course and Zwolinski’s header went over from six yards, however Rakow had a giant double likelihood on a nook. The Adnan Kovacevic header thumped the bottom of the upright and Marco Carnesecchi used his leg to parry the Ante Crnac follow-up.

Moments later, Atalanta acquired a 3rd on the counter-attack, as Emil Holm rolled throughout from the precise, Jean Carlos tried to intercept, however as an alternative ended up clearing it onto the foot of Muriel.

Carnesecchi once more acquired his fingertips to a Zwolinski header and Crnac ballooned over the bar, however Mario Pasalic’s header was denied by a marvellous save on the road.

Tommaso De Nipoti was certainly one of a number of youth academy merchandise who got here on for a cameo and accomplished a give and go to ship De Ketelaere by means of for an angled drive into the far backside nook.

Rakow 0-4 Atalanta

Muriel 14, 72 (A), Bonfanti 26 (A), De Ketelaere 92 (A)