Atalanta s goal scoring cannonade crushes Sarajevo s Europa League dream
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Atalanta s goal scoring cannonade crushes Sarajevo s Europa League dream
Sarajevo Aug 3 (IANS) Italian football club Atalanta crushed Sarajevo with a goal-storm (8-0) in an away game as they advanced to the third stage of UEFA Europa League qualifications.
The match on Thursday started with a short-lived hope of the home fans that their Sarajevo 3rd-ranked in the BiH Premier League will build upon the good result from the first game in Italy (2-2) reports Xinhua news agency.
Atalanta crushed their dreams as early as the 4th minute with the score of Jose Luis Palomino a defensive player that picked up the ball after a corner kick for the guest team and beat Sarajevo s goalkeeper Bojan Pavlovic.
Just 11 minutes later Alejandro Dario Gomez scored a goal from a distance of more than 20 meters and Andrea Masiello increased the lead further in the 18th minute from a free kick.
Although the victory seemed certain for Atalanta the team kept attacking and in the 28th minute Gomez scored with another powerful shot from distance -- Atalanta s fourth goal.
The fifth goal in the 38th minute was the work of Mersudin Ahmetovic (own goal) who diverted the ball after Masiello s attempt on goal.
Musa Barrow achieved Atalanta s 6th goal in the 51st minute after a long pass by Hans Hateboer. Just 19 minutes later Barrow scored again resolving a dangerous situation in front of Sarajevo s goal.
Barrow sealed his hat-trick in the 87th minute achieving Atlanta s 8th goal.
Throughout the match Atalanta had four times more accurate passes than Sarajevo and kept the ball in its possession 75 per cent of the time achieving a well-deserved victory in the end.
--IANS pur/sed
The match on Thursday started with a short-lived hope of the home fans that their Sarajevo 3rd-ranked in the BiH Premier League will build upon the good result from the first game in Italy (2-2) reports Xinhua news agency.
Atalanta crushed their dreams as early as the 4th minute with the score of Jose Luis Palomino a defensive player that picked up the ball after a corner kick for the guest team and beat Sarajevo s goalkeeper Bojan Pavlovic.
Just 11 minutes later Alejandro Dario Gomez scored a goal from a distance of more than 20 meters and Andrea Masiello increased the lead further in the 18th minute from a free kick.
Although the victory seemed certain for Atalanta the team kept attacking and in the 28th minute Gomez scored with another powerful shot from distance -- Atalanta s fourth goal.
The fifth goal in the 38th minute was the work of Mersudin Ahmetovic (own goal) who diverted the ball after Masiello s attempt on goal.
Musa Barrow achieved Atalanta s 6th goal in the 51st minute after a long pass by Hans Hateboer. Just 19 minutes later Barrow scored again resolving a dangerous situation in front of Sarajevo s goal.
Barrow sealed his hat-trick in the 87th minute achieving Atlanta s 8th goal.
Throughout the match Atalanta had four times more accurate passes than Sarajevo and kept the ball in its possession 75 per cent of the time achieving a well-deserved victory in the end.
--IANS pur/sed
