Italy defender Giorgio Scalvini was compelled off injured as Atalanta did not safe a third-place end in Serie A on Sunday, being substituted late on in a 3-2 loss to Fiorentina.
The Europa League winners confronted the Europa Convention League runners-up in Bergamo one week after the remainder of the league performed their closing video games of 2023-24, with the groups unable to satisfy prior to now on account of their European commitments.
A victory would have taken Gian Piero Gasperini’s crew – who had been assured a top-four end – above Juventus into third, however Andrea Belotti put them behind inside six minutes.
Ademola Lookman raced clear to equalise with a dinked end inside six additional minutes, however Nicolas Gonzalez’s superb volley quickly re-established the Viola’s lead.
Scalvini drilled in a terrific shot to tug Atalanta stage once more shortly after the hour mark, however his recreation would later finish in tears as he was helped from the sector with an obvious knee concern – a serious concern for Italy lower than two weeks out from their Euro 2024 opener.
Belotti had put Fiorentina again within the lead following a goalmouth scramble on the stroke of half-time, and Atalanta had been unable to power a leveller within the second interval as their superb season ended on a flat be aware.
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Information Debrief: Thrilling finish to Serie A season
Sunday’s recreation – the ultimate Serie A contest of 2023-24 – noticed extra first-half objectives scored than some other match within the competitors this time period. Belotti acquired two of the 5, and he now has seven aim involvements (six objectives, one help) in his final six league video games towards Atalanta.
The result’s only a minor inconvenience for La Dea, although. They’ve completed in Serie A’s high 4 for simply the fifth time of their historical past, beforehand doing so in 2016-17 (fourth), 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 (all third).