Atalanta had an early scare, but fought back to beat Salernitana 2-1 with Gianluca Scamacca and Teun Koopmeiners, catching Roma in fifth place with a game in hand.

The battle for the Champions League spots could all end up going down to the match Atalanta still need to reschedule against Fiorentina, which might be played after the Serie A season has concluded.

See how the game unfolded on the Liveblog.

La Dea rotated the squad after a 1-1 Europa League semi-final draw with Olympique Marseille and the second leg coming up on Thursday. Sead Kolasinac joined Rafael Toloi and Emil Holm on the treatment table too, while doomed Salernitana had Niccolò Pierozzi suspended, Antonio Candreva, Grigoris Kastanos, Giulio Maggiore, Jerome Boateng, Guillermo Ochoa and Norbert Gyomber not fully fit.

Ademola Lookman fired over from the edge of the box and Aleksei Miranchuk bent a finish inches wide after a well-worked passing move, while Gianluca Scamacca’s shot was charged down by Atalanta teammate Miranchuk by mistake.

However, Salernitana took the lead against the run of play, as Loum Tchaouna ran onto an Emanuel Vignato through ball down the right, cut inside Marten de Roon and steered a snooker shot into the far bottom corner.

Lookman only scuffed a Scamacca cross to skim the far post, while Lorenzo Pirola made a decisive block on Miranchuk.

Atalanta made three changes at half-time, but nearly went 2-0 down straight away, Marco Carnesecchi flying to palm away the Tchaouna scorcher from outside the area.

Lookman surged through the centre only to skim the upright from 12 yards, but the substitutions worked, as Teun Koopmeiners floated a ball onto the head of Mario Pasalic, knocked down for the Scamacca tap-in.

Koopmeiners really did make the difference, as he then earned a corner, which was not cleared effectively, leading to the Dutchman sweeping first time into the far bottom corner from distance.

However, Hans Hateboer had to use his stomach to make a goal-line clearance on the Shon Weissman strike from point-blank range, then Tchaouna sprinted away from Berat Djimsiti to fire over from a tricky angle.

Salernitana 1-2 Atalanta

Tchaouna 18 (S), Scamacca 57 (A), Koopmeiners 63 (A)

06-05-2024 17:00
MatchDay 35

Player statistic

1st half
Loum Tchaouna
(Assist: Emanuel Vignato)
Goal 18'    
Triantafyllos Pasalidis Yellow card 45'    
2nd half
    57' Goal Gianluca Scamacca
(Assist: Mario Pasalic)
    63' Goal Teun Koopmeiners

Match statistic

31
Possession %
69
9
Total shots
17
2
Shots on target
4
4
Shots off target
8
3
Blocked shots
5
1
Corners
7
0
Offsides
3
12
Fouls
10
SAL
ATT

Starting lineups

1
Goalkeeper
22
60'
3
Defender
77'
17
Defender
6
Defender
69'
98
Defender
4
46'
18
Midfielder
26
Midfielder
55
Attacker
69'
33
Attacker
29
Goalkeeper
77
42
Defender
46'
33
Defender
4
Defender
59
Midfielder
46'
13
Midfielder
46'
8
Midfielder
15
Midfielder
11
Attacker
84'
90
80'

Substitutes

44
9
Attacker
56
Goalkeeper
7
Midfielder
65
Goalkeeper
24
Defender
46'
14
Attacker
60'
59
69'
99
Midfielder
69'
36
Midfielder
77'
1
Goalkeeper
31
Goalkeeper
20
Defender
25
Midfielder
45
Defender
43
53
Defender
7
Midfielder
46'
22
Defender
46'
17
46'
19
Defender
80'
10
Attacker
84'

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