“We'll see the real Atalanta if we get Muriel and Zapata back”: Tulio Gritti

On Saturday, April 24, Atalanta won by 1-3 against Venezia, which after this defeat is practically condemned to relegation, with both Croatian Mario Pasalic and Colombians Duvan Zapata and Luis Muriel, on the thirty-fourth day of Serie A.

Atalanta took revenge on their bad streak in the league, in which they accumulated three consecutive defeats, with Serie A colero. Gasperini's colero dominated from start to finish a match that could be turned against them in the first minute. A headshot by Frenchman Thomas Henry unleashed the Venezuelans, who saw their chances of salvation increase at that time, but the VAR canceled the goal for offside.

A headshot by Frenchman Thomas Henry unleashed the Venezuelans, who saw their chances of salvation increase at that time, but the VAR canceled the goal for offside. The dominance was total by the Bergamascos, who constantly stalked the area with a very active Muriel, falling to receive and throwing unmarks in depth. The first goal came, in fact, after a great individual play by the ariete, who when defining he ran into a defender. The rebound was loose and Pasalic did not spare. Venezia's resistance lasted 43 minutes, until the end of the first half.

For Venezia it was hard to receive a goal just before facing the locker room tunnel, but it was worse to receive another blow as soon as they started the second act. Again Muriel managed to get rid of several rivals, get to the bottom line and give the ball to his compatriot Zapata to just push him. Minute 46, match and Venice sentenced, and tenth goal for Zapata in the league.

After the match, Tulio Gritti, technical assistant to the Dea team, spoke to DAZN, highlighting the work of the Colombian attackers. “In this last period the numerous defeats were producing a negative environment, the quality in the offensive zone was beginning to fail. But if we manage to recover Muriel and Zapata like this, then the real Atalanta returns and we start to score a lot again. A fundamental victory for morale, which brings us closer to the areas of the European competition classification, where we deserve to be”, he said.

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Finally, Duván Zapata is the top scorer for Atalanta so far this season with 13 scores and Luis Muriel is the club's third top scorer with 10 goals. The Atalanta are placed in the eighth square of Serie A with 54 units. They are two points away from Roma and Lazio, who occupy the last positions of European competitions.

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