Latest news with #MarioPasalic
The Star
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Atalanta secure Champions League spot with Roma win
Soccer Football - Serie A - Atalanta v AS Roma - Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo, Italy - May 12, 2025 AS Roma's Manu Kone in action with Atalanta's Mario Pasalic REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) -A second-half goal by substitute Ibrahim Sulemana earned Atalanta a 2-1 home win over AS Roma in Serie A on Monday, securing Champions League qualification for Gian Piero Gasperini's side. Ademola Lookman put Atalanta in front after nine minutes before midfielder Bryan Cristante levelled for the visitors after the half-hour mark with a flicked header. Sulemana restored the lead for Atalanta in the 76th minute, scoring with a low strike from just outside the area. Atalanta, who fell behind in the title race, sit third in the standings on 71 points and have a seven-point cushion over fourth-placed Juventus and Lazio in fifth with two games left to play. Roma are sixth with 63 points. (Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in GdanskEditing by Christian Radnedge)
The Guardian
16-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
European football: Inter extend lead in Serie A after win at title rivals Atalanta
Inter extended their lead at the top of Serie A to three points with a 2-0 win at third-placed title rivals Atalanta on Sunday as both sides finished with 10 men. An intense opening half ended goalless, with Inter's Marcus Thuram hitting the upright and Atalanta's Mario Pasalic forcing goalkeeper Yann Sommer into a save from a header. Carlos Augusto opened the scoring when he headed in from a corner nine minutes after the break. The hosts had midfielder Ederson sent off for two quick bookings in the 81st before Lautaro Martínez sealed the win three minutes from time. Inter had Alessandro Bastoni dismissed in added time. Inter move to 64 points ahead of Napoli, who have 61 after being held to a 0-0 draw at second-from-bottom Venezia earlier on Sunday, while Atalanta remain on 58 points. Juventus were roundly beaten 3-0 at Fiorentina in their Serie A clash, heaping further pressure on under-fire manager Thiago Motta after a second successive heavy defeat. Juve, after a 4-0 hammering by Atalanta last weekend, were two goals down early on in Florence to a Fiorentina side which had suffered four defeats in their past five league games. The home side's Robin Gosens had his initial header from a corner blocked by Juventus defender Renato Veiga but when the ball came back to him his rifled shot was deflected off Khéphren Thuram before nestling in the net for a 15th-minute lead. Three minutes later, Nicolo Fagioli, on loan at Fiorentina from Juve since last month, played a through ball into Rolando Mandragora who shot first time from outside the area low into the far corner. Paris Saint-Germain took another big step towards France's Ligue 1 crown with a 3-1 home win over second-placed Marseille on Sunday to extend their lead at the top to 19 points. PSG are unbeaten in the league and cruising towards the title with 68 points from 26 games and eight rounds remaining. Ousmane Dembélé broke the deadlock after 17 minutes, racing onto a through ball before slotting home and just before the break Nuno Mendes doubled the lead with a close-range finish. Marseille got themselves back in the game six minutes into the second half when Adrien Rabiot capitalised on a poor pass out of defence and set up Amine Gouiri, who made no mistake. PSG went looking for a third goal and it came when Marseille defender Pol Lirola put the ball in his own net in the 76th minute as he tried to clear Achraf Hakimi's cross into the box. A clash between Ligue 1's bottom two sides Montpellier and Saint-Etienne was abandoned in the 63rd minute on Sunday after home fans threw flares onto the pitch and part of a stand caught fire. Basement club Montpellier were 2-0 down to their relegation rivals, with Lucas Stassin netting twice, his second coming eight minutes after the break which enraged the home support. Flares landed on the pitch and the referee stopped play for three minutes before the match resumed, but supporters then began moving back from the front of the stand as smoke and flames could be seen in their sector. The referee sent the players back to the dressing rooms and after a 20-minute suspension an announcement was made informing the fans that the match had been abandoned. In Germany, reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen snatched a 4-3 win at Stuttgart with two late goals on Sunday to snap a three-game losing run in all competitions and cut Bayern Munich's lead at the top of the Bundesliga to six points. Patrik Schick struck in stoppage time to give the visitors the points after they had drawn level minutes earlier courtesy of Stuttgart midfielder Angelo Stiller's 88th-minute own goal. Ermedin Demirovic put Stuttgart ahead in the 15th minute before the unmarked Nick Woltemade slotted home to complete a quick break and make it 2-0 three minutes after half-time. Leverkusen's Jeremie Frimpong cut the deficit in the 56th after Stuttgart repeatedly failed to clear the ball. However, the hosts restored their two-goal lead after 62 minutes when goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky saved a Demirovic shot but the ball bounced off Granit Xhaka for an own goal. Six minutes later it was Leverkusen's turn to score with Piero Hincapie drilling in a shot to give them renewed hope. Amine Adli came agonisingly close to an equaliser in the 82nd but his shot just missed before Stiller scored an own goal. Schick completed Leverkusen's pulsating late comeback in stoppage time to keep them firmly in the title race. The result lifts Leverkusen to 56 points in second place, cutting Bayern's lead to six after their 1-1 draw at Union Berlin on Saturday.
Reuters
16-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Inter extend lead at the top with 2-0 win at Atalanta
BERGAMO, Italy, March 16 (Reuters) - Inter Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to three points with a 2-0 win at third-placed title rivals Atalanta on Sunday as both sides finished with 10 men. Inter moved to 64 points ahead of Napoli, who have 61 after being held to a 0-0 draw at second-from-bottom Venezia earlier on Sunday, while Atalanta remain on 58 points. An intense opening half ended goalless, with Inter's Marcus Thuram hitting the upright and Atalanta's Mario Pasalic forcing goalkeeper Yann Sommer into a save from a header. Carlos Augusto opened the scoring when he headed in from a corner nine minutes after the break. The hosts had midfielder Ederson sent off for two quick bookings in the 81st before Lautaro Martinez sealed the win three minutes from time. Inter had Alessandro Bastoni dismissed in added time.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Atalanta v Club Brugge
Atalanta will aim to overturn a deficit on aggregate and secure passage to the Round of 16 of the Champions League when they welcome Club Brugge tonight. Atalanta looked set to continue their European run last week when they went to Jan Breydel Stadium to face Club Brugge. However, the Italian side found themselves trailing due to a Ferran Jutgla goal in the 15th minute. Mario Pasalic's equaliser came just before the break and the encounter was expected to finish in a stalemate but Gustaf Nilsson's added-time penalty strike gave the Belgians a first-leg advantage. Gian Piero Gasperini will hope to have the home atmosphere on his back when he rallies his troops at Gewiss Stadium tonight. Meanwhile, Club Brugge are set to face an attacking onslaught from Atalanta as they have a slender lead to defend. They squeezed through to the Champions League playoffs after finishing 24th in the group stages thanks to a favourable goal-difference over 25th-placed Dinamo Zagreb. Club Brugge stretched their unbeaten European home run to four consecutive games by securing a thrilling victory over La Dea. Nicky Hayen's side have progressed to the next round of European clashes when they have gained the first home-leg advantage in 14 of their 16 such situations. Here are the predicted line-ups for the match Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Patricio; Posch, Hien, Djimsiti; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; Pasalic; De Ketelaere, Retegui. Club Brugge (4-2-3-1): Mignolet; Seys, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper; Jashari, Oyedika; Talbi, Vanaken, Tzolis; Jutgla. | GIFN
