On matchday 33 of the 2020-2021 Serie A TIM, Atalanta win 5-0 over Bologna at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo.
It was a great first half from the Nerazzurri as Muriel forced a save from Skorupski in the 5th minute. Then Bologna got dangerous twice with Skov Olsen (an 8 and 12) but Gollini did well to beat both efforts away. The deadlock was broken in the 22nd minute: Muriel and Malinovskyi combined and then the Ukrainian midfielder drilled into the far bottom corner. One minute later and after a great solo move, Muriel stroke the post. After several attempts from Malinovksyi and Muriel, the Nerazzurri doubled their lead in the final minutes of the first half: Danilo brought down Romero inside the box and Muriel scored from the spot to make it 2-0.
In the second half, Bologna went down to ten men in the 49th minute: Schouten was shown a straight red card after a bad foul on Romero. Muriel then fired off target on 52 after he burst into the box. Freuler made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, who did well to win the ball on the edge of the Bologna area and beat the goalkeeper. Two minutes later and a fourth was added: another great play from Malinovskyi found Zapata who smashed it into the top corner. Miranchuk then made it 5-0 on 73 with a left-foot finish into the near bottom corner. In the final minutes, Djimsiti almost scored a sixth after he had also gone past the goalkeeper but his shot was cleared off the line by Danilo. It ended 5-0 at the Gewiss Stadium, the Nerazzurri now have climbed up to second place with 68 points, waiting for the match between Milan and Lazio.
ATALANTA 5-0 BOLOGNA 5-0
Scorers: Malinovskyi 22 (A), Muriel penalty 44 (A), Freuler 57 (A), Zapata 59 (A), Miranchuk 73 (A)
Atalanta: Gollini, Toloi (Caldara 71), Romero, Djimsiti, Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler (Pessina 61), Mæhle, Malinovskyi (Iličić 71), Muriel (Miranchuk 61), Zapata (Lammers 77). Bench: Rossi, Sportiello, Šutalo, Palomino, Kovalenko, Pašalić. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
Bologna: Skorupski, De Silvestri (Vignato 56), Soumaoro, Danilo, Antov, Schouten, Svanberg (Mbaye 63), Skov Olsen (Poli 71), Soriano (Baldursson 56), Barrow (Orsolini 71), Palacio. Bench: Da Costa, Ravaglia, Amey, Mbaye, Faragò, Khailoti, Annan, Juwara. Coach: Sinisa Mihajlovic.
Referee: Michael Fabbri from Ravenna.
Assistants: Pasquale De Meo from Foggia and Giuseppe Perrotti from Campobasso.
Fourth official: Simone Sozza from Seregno.
V.A.R.: Luca Banti from Livorno.
A.V.A.R.: Alessio Tolfo from Pordenone.
Notes: Schouten sent off on 49 for a bad foul on Romero, Danilo (B) booked.
