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Italian Soccer Serie A
71% Ball Possession ATALANTA and 29% Ball Possession AS ROMA
Atalanta 1 – 4 AS Roma
45+1′ Bryan Cristante (og) 1′ Tammy Abraham
. 27′ Nicolò Zaniolo
. 73′ Chris Smalling
. 82′ Tammy Abraham
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 8th position with 28 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Atalanta, 3rd position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +17
A slap for Atalanta losing the Serie A Week 18 game against AS Roma risking to lose the 3rd position on Saturday 18 December 2021 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy. Roma conquering the Gewiss with this important away victory grabbing all 3 points reaching 31 points being -6 points below Atalanta. The three-way race for the Scudetto remain among Atalanta, Inter and AC Milan, and we might even see Napoli joining it! Atalanta have remained unbeaten in all of their last seven Serie A games against Roma, until now, (4W, 3D, 1 lost). Atalanta have won 5 times over Roma in Serie A since Gasperini was appointed manager of the Nerazzurri: 3 home wins, 4 ties (one in Bergamo and the other 3 in Rome), only 1 defeat in total.
A super flash goal in the 1st minute with forward Tammy Abraham defeating Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Musso with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Atalanta losing control and concede another goal in the 27th minute. It is Nicolò Zaniolo to score with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Jordan Veretout.
First league goal of the season! NICO!
#ASRoma #AtalantaRoma pic.twitter.com/X4CxTpdwZi— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) December 18, 2021
Zaniolo blasting goalkeeper Musso….
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Chris Smalling scoring for the 3-1 in the 72nd minute from very close range with a right footed shot to the top left corner. The assist is by Jordan Veretout.
Hero Tammy Abraham sealing the game for the poker in the 82nd minute with a right footed shot to the center.
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
✅ Stats before the game. Three of the last four matches between Atalanta and Roma in the league ended with a success for the Bergamo team (1D): the same number of victories that the Lombard team had obtained in the previous 14 matches against this opponent.
Roma have scored in all of their last 11 Serie A away games against Atalanta, even though they have only won four of these games (3D, 4L). Atalanta comes from six consecutive league successes (they are the only team with full points from the beginning of November to today); only once in its history has it achieved a longer streak of consecutive Serie A victories, between February and July 2020 (nine). Roma have not won any of the last 12 Serie A matches against teams that occupied the top five positions in the standings at the start of the championship (6D, 6L), also losing the two most recent ones (KO with the other Lombard players, Milan and Inter Milan). ).
Atalanta (3-4-2-1): Musso; Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti; Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler, Pezzella; Ilicic, Pasalic; Zapata.
AS Roma (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Veretout, Cristante, Mkhitaryan, Vina; Zaniolo, Abraham.
Atalanta Coach Gian Piero Gasperini and AS Roma Coach Josè Mourinho.
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
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📺 Click the video to watch Atalanta – AS Roma highlights on Saturday 18 December 2021.
🇮🇹 Referee Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia will be assisted by Stefano Alassio from the section of Imperia and Andrea Zingarelli from the section of Siena. The Fourth Official will be Andrea Colombo from the section of Como. The VAR will be Luigi Nasca from the section of Bari and the AVAR will be Alessio Tolfo from the section of Pordenone.
Pronti alla battaglia ⚔️
Get ready to fight 😠💪📺 @DAZN_IT 👉 https://t.co/Czw7YKQMwd#AtalantaRoma #SerieATim #GoAtalantaGo ⚫🔵 pic.twitter.com/SaeMmja13z
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) December 18, 2021
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
👥 La nostra formazione per #AtalantaRoma!
⚡️ Here’s your Nerazzurri #StartingXI!Presented by @Plus500#GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/SQZSxDVdvb
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) December 18, 2021
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
👉 Atalanta vs AS Roma, Match Officials
🗓️Sunday 18 December 2021
🏟️ Gewiss Stadium
⏲️ 15:00🙍♂️ Referee: IRRATI
🚩Assistants: ALASSIO – ZINGARELLI
4⃣ Fourth Official: COLOMBO
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: TOLFOhttps://t.co/MBFZDcKpJQ@Planeta_Roma @Atalanta_BC @ASRomaEN @MercatoRoma pic.twitter.com/j3F1SNsIin— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 18, 2021
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
👉Result Atalanta 1 – 4 AS Roma
⚽️Goals: 1′, 82′ Tammy Abraham, 27′ Nicolò Zaniolo, 45+1′ Cristante (own goal), 73′ Chris Smalling
✍️Ball Possession: 71% @Atalanta_BC and 29% @ASRomaEN
✅ https://t.co/sJQpHxrBag@Planeta_Roma @ASRomaStats @ASROMAUKOFF @TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/4LLh7mubKk
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) December 18, 2021
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 18
Atalanta 1 – 4 AS Roma
Saturday 18 December 2021
Gewiss Stadium
Bergamo, Italy
15:00
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: ALASSIO – ZINGARELLI
Fourth Official: COLOMBO
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: TOLFO
Goals: 1′ Tammy Abraham (R), 27′ Nicolò Zaniolo (R), 45+1′ Cristante (own goal), 73′ Chris Smalling (R), 82′ Tammy Abraham (R).
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Atalanta: Musso, Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti (34′ Muri, Hateboer (79′ Zappacosta), de Roon, Freuler, Pezzella (79′ Mæhle), Pašalić (65′ Miranchuk), Iličić (46′ Malinovskyi), Zapata. A
Subs: Rossi, Sportiello, Koopmeiners, Demiral, Pessina, Lovato, Piccoli.
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
AS Roma: Rui Patricio, Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez, Karsdorp, Mkhitaryan (89′ Calafiori), Cristante, Veretout (92′ Kumbulla), Vina, Zaniolo (70′ Shomurodov), Abraham (92′ Bove). A
Subs: Boer, Fuzato, Villar, Perez, Mayoral, Diawara, Darboe, Zalewski.
Coach: Josè Mourinho.