Atalanta thrash Bresica 6-2 to go second in Serie A
Soccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta v Brescia - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - July 14, 2020 Atalanta's Mario Pasalic in action with Brescia's Mattia Viviani, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
Atalanta's Croatian midfielder Mario Pasalic scored a hat-trick as they thrashed relegation-threatened Brescia 6-2 on Tuesday to climb to second place in Serie A, six points behind leaders Juventus and two ahead of Inter Milan and Lazio.
Boasting Serie A's most potent attack, Atalanta took the lead when Ruslan Malinovsky sliced open the defence with a clever pass to set up Pasalic to score in the second minute.
Brescia struck back six minutes later through Ernesto Torregrossa, but they were stunned by three superb goals from Marten de Roon, Malinovsky and a diving header by Duvan Zapata to go in at the break 4-1 down.
Soccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta v Brescia - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - July 14, 2020 Atalanta's Mario Pasalic celebrates scoring their sixth goal and completing his hat-trick, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
The home side did not let up after halftime with Pasalic netting twice more to complete his hat-trick, and though Nikolas Spalek pulled a goal back, the defeat left Brescia second from bottom on 21 points after 33 games, nine points from the safety zone.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Toby Davis)
Soccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta v Brescia - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - July 14, 2020 Atalanta's Duvan Zapata scores their fourth goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloSoccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta v Brescia - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - July 14, 2020 Atalanta's Mario Pasalic celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloSoccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta v Brescia - Stadio Atleti Azzurri, Bergamo, Italy - July 14, 2020 Atalanta's Mario Pasalic scores their first goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
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