Sports News | Atalanta Revives Champions League Hopes with 2-0 Win over Bologna
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Italy center forward Mateo Retegui scored one goal and set up another as Atalanta ended a run of three straight losses with a 2-0 win over Bologna on Sunday to revive its chances of finishing in the Champions League places.
Rome, Apr 13 (AP) Italy center forward Mateo Retegui scored one goal and set up another as Atalanta ended a run of three straight losses with a 2-0 win over Bologna on Sunday to revive its chances of finishing in the Champions League places.
Atalanta moved back up to third in Serie A while Bologna remained fifth.
Atalanta is two points ahead of Juventus, which beat Lecce 2-1 on Saturday, and four points ahead of Bologna — with the top four finishers qualifying for the Champions League.
Retegui scored his league-leading 23rd goal early on and then set up another for Mario Pasalic less than 20 minutes later.
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Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi preserved the advantage when he palmed a shot from Bologna's Dan Ndoye off the post.
Both goals came on counterattacks.
Retegui outmuscled a defender to redirect in a cross from Raoul Bellanova and then he worked his way past another defender on the right flank before whipping in a cross that Pasalic turned in with one touch.
Bologna hadn't lost since February.
The Rome derby was among the matches scheduled for later. (AP) AM
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