Serie A - Atalanta beat Empoli 2-0 to return to second place with 27 points

2022-10-31 15:16

Serie A - Atalanta beat Empoli 2-0 to return to second place with 27 points


In the 12th round of Serie A in the 2022/23 season, Atalanta beat Empoli 2-0 away.


In the first half, Hateboer opened the scoring, and Koopmeiners failed to score a penalty. In the second half, Lookman expanded the score, but Zapata and Ebuehi broke the goal but failed to be offside.


At the end of the game, Atalanta scored 27 points and ranked second with a difference of 5 points. Empoli is 13th with 11 points.


first half

Compared with Empoli, Atalanta obviously created more scoring opportunities in the first half: only 9 minutes after the opening, Mæhle sent a through ball for Hojlund, who pushed the bottom right corner and was successfully resolved by Vicario. In the 16th minute, Hojlund threatened the opponent's goal with another through the pass, but Ederson failed to take 3 consecutive shots.


The deadlock on the field was not broken until the 32nd minute-Scalvini, Koopmeiners and Lookman passed continuously, causing chaos in the penalty area. Hateboer finally scored with his left foot unmarked, 1 game. 0.


Empoli had a chance to tie the score shortly after, but Ebuehi's shot in the 34th minute was blocked in time by Toloi. Eight minutes later, it was Atalanta’s turn to lose a good chance to score-Lookman’s long-range shot caused Destro to foul with a handball, and the referee whistled a penalty kick. Koopmeiners then fired a shot but was turned away by Vicario.


second half

Only 13 minutes after the start of the second half, Atalanta consolidated its lead with the player's personal ability: After getting the ball from the left side of the penalty area, Lookman ignored the defense and cut in all the way, and finally volleyed in the center of the penalty area and scored 2-0.


Atalanta still had 2 good chances to score in the second half: In the 71st minute, Lookman assisted Zapata to score, but the referee signaled that he was offside. 4 minutes later, Vicario made a passing error and was stolen by Pasalic. Fortunately, he then blocked Lookman's close-range shot with his leg.


In the last 8 minutes of the game, Walukiewicz finally got one of Empoli's few scoring opportunities in the audience, but his shot was resolved by Musso from close range. Although Ebuehi headed the ball into the net at the next moment, his goal was also ruled out for offside, allowing Atalanta to hold 2-0 to the end.