Atalanta Bergamo and Naples, victorious not without difficulty over Udinese (3-2) and Crotone (4-3), did not miss the opportunity to get closer to Milan, hung by Sampdoria (1 -1), Saturday during the 29th day of Serie A. Behind the leader Inter (65 pts), traveling in the evening to Bologna, Milan (60 pts) retains his second place despite the two points abandoned at home but sees get back to full swing Bergamasques (3rd, 58 pts) and Neapolitans (4th, 56 pts, one game less).
While waiting for Juventus (5th, 55 pts, two games less) opposed in the early evening to Torino.
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If Milan are looking for a second wind in the fight for the Top 4 synonymous with the Champions League, Atalanta does not falter with a seventh victory in their last eight matches.
The inevitable Luis Muriel raged with a brace (19th, 43rd) - 18 goals in Serie A - and his compatriot Duvan Zapata added the third goal (61st).
Three Colombian goals synonymous with three points in front of a Udinese who never gave up, reducing the mark by Roberto Pereyra (45th) then Stryger Larsen (71st).
Naples, passed the air hole in February, is also well revived in this crazy European battle with five wins in six matches.
Against the red lantern Crotone, the players of Gennaro Gattuso seemed to have done the hardest by leading 3-1 at the break thanks to Lorenzo Insigne, scorer (19th) then passer for Victor Osimhen (22nd), and Dries Mertens, author of a school free kick in the dormer (34th).
But Crotone returned to 3-3 thanks in particular to a double from his Nigerian striker Simy (25th, 48th), author of eight goals in the last five matches (with three doubles)!
And it took a cross strike from Giovanni Di Lorenzo (72nd) to ensure the Neapolitan victory, precious before the capital late match in Turin against Juventus next Wednesday.
Ribéry expelled, but Fiorentina is holding on
In the fight for the C1, Roma made the bad operation of the day with their draw (2-2) on the lawn of Sassuolo, after a spectacular match.
The Giallorossi retreated to 7th place, overtaken in the standings by Lazio (6th) who snatched the victory at the very end of the match against La Spezia (2-1), on an unclear penalty awarded after recourse to the VAR (88th) .
Fiorentina, ten for forty minutes after the exclusion of Franck Ribéry, despite everything saved a point on Saturday in the field of Genoa (1-1) for the return to the bench of Giuseppe Iachini, recalled after the surprise resignation of Cesare Prandelli.
The French, guilty of a dangerous intervention on the defender Davide Zappacosta, received a direct red card (52nd), coming out with his head down, not without apologizing to his opponent, on the occasion of this meeting of the 29th day of the Italian Championship.
At ten, the Viola, who had returned to the match thanks to Dusan Vlahovic (23rd) after the opening of the scoring by Mattia Destro (13th), made the round back to preserve this point.
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