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At 22:00 Beijing time on December 18, a focus battle in the 18th round of Serie A began to compete, and Atalanta, ranked 3rd in the league, faced Roma at home. Atalanta has won 11, drawn 4 and lost 2 in the first 17 rounds, occupying a place in the Champions League zone. Atalanta have been in very good form in the league lately, winning a six-game winning streak against strong teams including Juventus and Napoli. Roma, on the other hand, have suffered injuries and their recent record has fluctuated, losing 2 of their 3 league games and ending the losing streak only after winning in the last round. Before that, Roma had not won Atalanta in 7 consecutive games, and obviously, this game was a huge challenge for Roma, and it turned out that Roma won, and it was a big win, which was somewhat incredible.
In this game, Atalanta lined up in a 343 formation. Musso served as the starting goalkeeper. Toloy, Palomino and Jimcidi are paired at 3-back. Hartbauer, De Jongn, Floyle and Pezzella form a four-midfielder. The offensive tridents of Ilicic, Zapata and Passaric joined forces. Mourinho lined up in a 352 formation, with Tammy Abraham and Zaniolo's double strikers at the top. Both Lorenzo Pellegrini and Sharawi are out with injuries.
Roma started off very well, scoring in the first minute, which was scored by Tammy Abraham, who scored the goal on a single horse, and the goal was completely based on personal ability. Atalanta played for nearly 20 minutes to find the form of the attack, constantly creating shooting opportunities, but after another blow in the 26th minute, Zaniolo relied on counter-attack to break through the Atlanta goal again. Classic Mourinho strikes back! Gasperini quickly made a substitution adjustment, replacing Jimsiti with Muriel, and Muriel made a big difference, and his shot caused Christant's oolong ball. At half-time, Roma led 2-1. Atalanta had 69 percent possession in the first half, with eight shots on goal, three on target, and one goal. Roma scored four shots on goal in the first half and 2 shots on target.
The second half was easy to fight again. Gasperini constantly made substitutions in order to change the tide of the war. Palomino seized the opportunity to score for Atalanta, but was blown off for offside. This is the key turning point. Not only did Roma not equalise, but scored another goal five minutes later to open the scoreline, scoring by Smalling. Abraham scored another goal in the 83rd minute to kill the game completely. In the end, Roma beat Atalanta 4-1. Roma scored four goals and kicked rivals Atalanta.
In this game, Mourinho's Roma possession was only 29%, but he scored 4 goals, which is extremely efficient in attack. Atalanta made 17 crazy shots on goal, 6 shots on target, and scored only 1 goal. In the post-match whoscored rating, Tammy Abraham scored a game-high 8.9 points, he scored 2 goals on 2 shots, the quality of the shots was ridiculously high, and 2 successful passes. Patricio performed well, making five saves and scoring 7.5 points.