Atalanta surprises in the constant rain in Naples

Only the most loyal fans of Napoli and Atalanta found their way to the San Paolo Stadium on Easter Monday in constant rain. The fewer than 20.000 spectators saw a surprising 2-1 victory for the guests from Bergamo. Especially due to a strong second half, the Gian Piero Gasperini team didn't take the points to the north undeservedly.

The southern Italians started strongly and deservedly took the lead thanks to a remarkable but slightly deflected backheel goal from Dries Mertens, but then failed to convert their superiority into goals. Piotr Zielinski, among others, had made it 2-0 after just over half an hour. Shortly before the end of the first half, Napoli almost made it 1-1, goalkeeper David Ospina made two strong saves.

Dries Mertens (number 14) had given Napoli the lead. © ANSA / CESARE ABBATE

The home team also had the scepter in their hands at the beginning of the second half, narrowly missing out on making it 2-0 in the 50th minute: Atalanta defender Andrea Masiello scratched a lob from Arkadiusz Milik off the line at the last moment.

Napoli's negligence was finally punished, in the 69th, Duvan Zapata scored for Atalanta to make it 1-1, ending a small goal drought: the Bergamasque team had been without a goal of their own in Serie A for over 300 minutes. As a result, the guests played cheekily up, kept venturing forward and scored the 80-2 winning goal in the 1th minute through Mario Pasalic. Fuss about insignia By the way, Lorenzo Insigne sat on the bench for the entire game. There are said to have been differences of opinion between the Napoli star and coach Carlo Ancelotti in recent days. After being substituted in the Europa League game against Arsenal (0-1), Lorenzo Insigne's father is said to have described coach Ancelotti as a "flop".

Atalanta is still the surprise team of the season and is once again right in the middle of the fight for the Champions League places. The remaining games had already taken place on Saturday, with Juve, among other things, clinching the championship early (click here for the report) . The table SP G U V TV P 1. Juventus 33 28 3 2 67:23 87 2. Naples 33 20 7 6 62:30 67 3. Inter 33 18 7 8 51:27 61 4.Milan 33 15 11 7 47:31 56 5. Atalanta 33 16 8 9 66:42 56 6. Roma 33 15 10 8 58:46 55 7. Torino 33 13 14 6 42:29 53 8. Lazio 33 15 7 11 47:35 52 9. Sampdoria 33 14 6 13 53:44 48 10. Cagliari 33 10 10 13 32:44 40 11. Fiorentina 33 8 16 9 47:41 40 12. Sassuolo 33 8 14 11 47:52 38 13. Col 33 10 8 15 34:47 38 14. Parma 33 9 9 15 34:51 36 15. Genoa 33 8 10 15 35:52 34 16.Bologna 33 8 10 15 34:47 34 17.Udinese 33 8 9 16 31:47 33 18. Empoli 33 7 8 18 42:63 29 19. Frosinone 33 5 8 20 26:60 23 20. Chievo Verona 33 2 11 20 24:68 14 Matchday at a glance Encounters 20.04.19 Napoli

1:2 Atalanta

20.04.19 Lazio

1:2 Chievo Verona

20.04.19 Juventus

2:1 Fiorentina

20.04.19 Cagliari

1:0 Frosinone

20.04.19 Parma

1:1 Milan

20.04.19 Inter

1:1 Roma

20.04.19 Bologna

3:0 Sampdoria

20.04.19 Udinese

1:1 Sassuolo

20.04.19 Empoli

2:4 Spal

20.04.19 Genoa

0:1 Torino

Serie A Italy	SP	TV	P
1. Inter	33	79:18	86
2.Milan	33	64:39	69
3. Juventus	33	47:26	64
4.Bologna	33	48:26	62
5. Roma	32	57:38	55
6. Atalanta	32	59:37	54
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Atalanta surprises in the constant rain in Naples

Pouring rain, a sparsely filled San Paolo Stadium and a surprising 2-1 win by a brisk Bergamasken marked the end of the 33rd matchday in Serie A on Monday evening.

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