(EFE) – Atalanta, Real Madrid’s rival in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, wasted a 3-0 this Saturday, with a goal and assistance from Colombian Luis Muriel included, and drew 3-3 against Torino, on the twenty-first day of the Italian Serie A.
Luis Muriel showed off with an assist and a goal, but Atalanta could not take advantage of it AP
Atalanta, who will host Madrid on February 24 in the first leg of the “Champions” knockout stages, still does not shine in the domestic competition, in which they only won one of their last five games and placed seventh, two points behind. from the fourth position, and with up to two more games compared to Juventus, which occupies that place.
And that the game seemed already sentenced after just twenty minutes, when Atalanta was already winning 3-0 thanks to the goals of the Slovenian Josip Ilicic, the German Robin Gosens and Luis Muriel.
Muriel offered a low cross for Gosens 2-0, marked with the help of goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu, and scored the 3-0 after collecting a rebound from the goalkeeper. He has twelve goals in this league campaign.
However, everything changed in the last minutes of the first half, when Andrea Belotti scored the 1-3, when he finished off a penalty initially saved by goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini, and the Brazilian Bremer signed the 2-3 a few seconds before the break.
Atalanta had opportunities to sentence the victory, but failed them with the Colombian Duván Zapata and the Russian Aleksej Miranchuk, who shook a post.
And the punishment came in 84, with an excellent header from Federico Bonazzoli who rescued a point that tastes like victory for his Torino.
In the other match played this Saturday, Spezia triumphed 2-1 at Sassuolo and took a momentary six-point lead over relegation.