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Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from Serie A as Claudio Ranieri tries to revitalise Roma against an Atalanta side coming off seven straight Serie A victories.
It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome at 19.45 GMT.
The Giallorossi are on their fourth coach of 2024, but while Ranieri lost 1-0 at Napoli, his team fought back to hold Tottenham in a 2-2 Europa League thriller on Thursday.
Atalanta can go clear in second place with an eighth consecutive Serie A win and demolished Young Boys 6-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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Nicolò Zaniolo finds the net against his former team ✅
And Atalanta closes the gap to just one point at the top 📈 pic.twitter.com/hV7MvfRdJQ
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) December 2, 2024
Atalanta’s Marten de Roon breaks the deadlock with a deflected strike 💥 pic.twitter.com/88WYzvJTjk
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) December 2, 2024
Although Inter and Fiorentina have a game in hand, Lazio lost and Juventus stumbled, so Atalanta are the only side keeping the pressure on leaders Napoli.
And on Friday, they are up against Milan.
8 – Atalanta have won eight matches in a row for the second time in their history in #SerieA after a run of nine wins recorded between February and July 2020. Takeoff.#RomaAtalanta
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) December 2, 2024
Zaniolo now dragged away from Kone by De Roon to avoid trouble.
Fourth straight Serie A defeat for Roma, eighth victory in a row for Atalanta.
Serie A | Roma 0-2 Atalanta: Unstoppable Dea doom sorry Giallorossi
Oof. El Shaarawy booked after clattering Djimsiti.
Paredes is a bit late on Zaniolo, some words are exchanged and it’s all getting a bit tense. Again, not that he had any bridges left to burn with Roma, but he’s digging up the ashes and burning them again.
Into 5 minutes of stoppages.
You know when players refuse to celebrate against their old club? This is not that. This is the opposite of that.
Cuadrado corner finds Zaniolo header at the near post, which probably takes a nick off Mancini too to loop into the far top corner.
Zaniolo then whips off his shirt, runs to scream and shout in front of the Atalanta fans and is booked. He’s happy with that.
Zaniolo hits the crossbar, but play had already been stopped for N’Dicka’s foul. Referee did not give the advantage.
On the free kick, Djimsiti glancing header into the arms of Svilar.
Kolasinac then booked for a lunge of a sliding tackle on Saelemaekers.
Ederson cross from the right, there’s a crowd of Atalanta players in the middle, Zaniolo header is weak.
Roma then give it away again immediately, Zaniolo dribbles into the box and stumbles.
Brescianini blasts over from distance after surging forward.
Djimsiti replaces Hien for Atalanta.
Atalanta really ought to be 2-0 up! Brescianini gets away from Zalewski down the left, flashes a ball across the face of goal, Ederson is relatively undisturbed and tries to sweep in with the inside of the boot, but he overdoes it with the bend and turns wide from six yards!
Zalewski and Soule’ on, Cristante and Dybala off.
This is the last ‘slot’ remaining for Roma, so no more subs available.
Another problem for Roma, Bryan Cristante is down hurt.
Samardzic cross not cleared well by Paredes, it comes back to him and his control and half-volley is deflected for a corner off Kone.
Isak Hien into the book for Atalanta.
Atalanta respond with Samardzic turning wide at the near post.
Oh what a chance on a set play!
Saelemaekers dummies a cross, instead cuts inside and crosses with the left foot, Mancini springs the offside trap and gets his boot to it from six yards, but the ball ends up going directly up into the air and then lying down he can’t prod in the rebound either!
Hummels is hobbling, he played the full 90-plus minutes and scored the equaliser on Thursday against Tottenham, so understandably a bit tired now. He is gesturing he felt something in his thigh.
Roma have to make a sudden change, El Shaarawy on for Hummels.
Saelemaekers replaces Celik for Roma.
Roma respond, it was Hummels who had gone up to meet a cross with his head, but it went off target.