In this round of Serie A, Atalanta played against Lecce, after losing the Italian Cup final, Atalanta's mentality may be affected, plus the Europa League final will be played in the middle of next week, so in this round of the league, Atalanta will be upset at any time, but obviously, everyone underestimated their determination to fight for the fifth, and finally Atalanta won 2-0 and locked the top five in advance.
In this game, Atalanta only needs to get 3 points to end the suspense of the Serie A race for five. Despite the stakes of the game, Atalanta made a significant rotation. However, the strong strength advantage still ensured that they got the three points.
The two goals of this campaign both occurred in the second half, and in just a few minutes, they attacked the opponent in succession, making Lecce completely collapse. In the 48th minute, Scamacca passed the ball with the outside of his foot, and De Ketelaere, who had just come on as a substitute, received the ball and then scored in front of the goalkeeper to break the deadlock for Atalanta.
In the 53rd minute, Atalanta took a corner kick into the penalty area, the Lecce goalkeeper made a mistake, and finally Scamacca headed it into the goal, and the score was changed to 2-0. Atalanta didn't go on a killing spree after that, and they quickly replaced the likes of Scamacca and Pasalic in preparation for the Europa League final.
The 2-0 game also changed the fate of the two teams of Atalanta and Roma. After this campaign, Atalanta with 66 points, continue to rank 5th, 6 points ahead of the sixth Roma, due to their superior record against Roma this season, so the suspense of the Serie A fight for five has ended early, Atalanta got the Champions League qualification, and the next final with Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta will be able to play without reservation, no need to distract from the league, and after this night, it was also announced that Roma did not qualify for the top five.
However, although there is no chance to enter the top five, it does not mean that Roma will definitely not be able to play in the Champions League, if three prerequisites are met, Roma still has a chance to qualify for the Champions League:
1. The Serie A team won the Europa League, and if Atalanta can beat Bayer Leverkusen next, it is likely to get the 6th Champions League place for Serie A;
2, Atalanta is not in the top four, as long as they finish fifth in Serie A and win the European championship, Serie A will get 6 Champions League places;
3. In the case of meeting the first 2 conditions, if Roma wants to participate in the Champions League, they must also maintain their current ranking, once they are overtaken by Lazio behind them, even if there are 6 Champions League seats in Serie A, it has nothing to do with Rome.
This season, in order to qualify for the Champions League, Roma did not hesitate to fire Mourinho halfway, but unfortunately failed to enter the top five in the end. Now their fate is in Atlanta's hands. Although Atalanta have the quality to win the Europa League, they do not have much chance of winning against Bayer Leverkusen, who are unbeaten in 51 games. It is foreseeable that in the Europa League final in midweek, Roma will be Atalanta's most loyal fans, and they will unreservedly support the Serie A team to win the title.