Atalanta continued his scoring festivals and temporarily
snatched second place by deepening the wounds of his guest
and Lombard neighbor Brescia when he honored his 6-2
victory, including a hat-trick for Croatian Mario Basalic,
on Tuesday, at the opening of the thirty-third stage of the Italian
Football League.
Bashalic scored his hat-trick in the 2, 55 and 59 minutes, raising
his score to 9 goals this season. Dutchman Martin de Ron (25),
Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovsky (28) and Colombian Dovan
Zapata (30) added the other three goals, while Ernesto Torigrosa
(8) and Slovak Nicholas Spalik (83) My goal is Brescia.
Atalanta returned to the winning streak, which stopped at
9 consecutive games in the last stage when he was on his way
to win over Juventus before the latter reached a 2-2 draw,
and achieved his 21st victory this season, raising his score to
70 points, two points ahead of Inter Milan and Lazio,
who are two guests. On Spal and Udinese, Thursday and
Wednesday, respectively.
Atalanta, who raised his scoring yield to 93 goals in 33 league games,
is the strongest attack in Calcio so far, 6 points from Juventus,
seeking his ninth title, who is currently visiting Sassuolo, on Wednesday.
According to the website Opta Sports Statistics, Atalanta has
become the third team in Italian league history to reach 93 goals
in 33 games after Turin (105 goals in the 1947-1948 season) and
Milan (103 goals in the 1949-1950 season and 101 goals in
the 1950-1951 season).
Atalanta played the match in the absence of the best scorer in
the league this season, the Colombian Luis Morrell, who scored
17 goals, as a result of a head injury after falling at his home.
In contrast, Brescia suffered a third loss in a row and 22 this
season, freezing its score at 21 points in the nineteenth place
before the last.
Also Wednesday, Milan will play with Parma, Bologna
with Napoli, Sampdoria with Cagliari, Rome with Hellas
Verona and Lecce with Fiorentina, while Thursday also meet
Turin with Genoa.
