October 30, (THEWILL) – Atalanta defeated Empoli 2-0 on Sunday, despite having a penalty saved to return to winning ways after its first loss of the season in their previous match against Lazio
Hans Hateboer’s first-half goal opened the scoring for the visitors before Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman, scored an incredible solo goal in the second half to double Atalanta’s advantage.
Guglielmo Vicario, the goalkeeper for Empoli, had a lot of excellent saves that kept them competitive, but the one where he stopped Teun Koopmeiners’ penalty with his leg while diving to his right was the most outstanding. Duván Zapata of Atalanta and Tyronne Ebuehi of Empoli, both had goals disallowed for offside in the closing minutes.
The victory sees Serie A’s second-place Atalanta, climb five points behind league leaders, Napoli, even though AC Milan can reclaim a two-point lead over Atalanta with victory at Torino later on Wednesday.
Empoli host Sassuolo in their next Serie A fixture on Saturday, while Atalanta will hope to keep their top performances this season on course with the table-topping clash against Napoli, waiting for them on the same day.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
