Atalanta 4 – Sampdoria 0: The Blue-circled ship 4 at the Gewiss Stadium

Atalanta beat Sampdoria with a thumping 4-0 victory on Monday at the Gewiss Stadium. Atalanta were hoping to get something from this game, following a previous defeat to Fiorentina. Sampdoria had been hopeful of extending their winning run, after a 2-0 victory against Empoli. After today’s result, Atalanta are in 5th place, with 47 points from 27 matches, while Sampdoria sit in 15th, with 26 points from 27.

The Goddess didn’t take long to get on the score-sheet, with Mario Pasalic opening the rout after only 6 minutes. They then scored again, increasing their advantage thanks to a goal from Teun Koopmeiners in the 29th minute, to take a 2-0 lead into half time.

Atalanta continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, with Teun Koopmeiners finding the net again at the 61 minute mark. However they weren’t finished yet and Aleksey Miranchuk made it 4-0 just before the final whistle to make it 4-0.

For Atalanta, Aleksey Miranchuk, Joakim Maehle, Giuseppe Pezzella, Giorgio Scalvini and Giorgio Cittadini, came on for Jeremie Boga, Hans Hateboer, Matteo Pessina, Davide Zappacosta and Rafael Toloi. Sampdoria replaced Stefano Sensi, Giangiacomo Magnani, Fabio Quagliarella, Nicola Murru and Alex Ferrari for Abdelhamid Sabiri, Maya Yoshida, Tomas Rincon, Tommaso Augello and Ronaldo Vieira.

There were bookings for Rafael Toloi from Atalanta. For Sampdoria, Albin Ekdal and Morten Thorsby saw yellow.

Next up, Atalanta are away to Roma, whilst Sampdoria will travel to face Udinese.