This was why they mainly tried to attack through the wider area, either through the half-space or through the flanks rather than centrally.In this picture, De Roon gave the ball towards Gómez who launched the ball towards the space behind Napoli’s backline and onto the path of Iličić who sat in the half-space. E. Elmas Summary; H2H Comparison; Commentary; Venue ; Italy Serie A. Mario Pasalic struck late on to boost Atalanta's top-four hopes in Serie A with a 2-1 win at Napoli.The Chelsea loanee scored with 10 minutes left to complete the visitors' comeback after Duvan Zapata - on loan from Sampdoria - levelled in the second half.Gianluca Mancini's first-half own goal had put Carlo Ancelotti's Napoli on course for victory on Monday but Atalanta climbed to fifth, level on points with AC Milan.Juventus clinched an eighth straight title with five games left after Saturday's 2-1 win over Fiorentina - leaving Napoli marooned in second, 20 points behind.They are six points ahead of Inter and are yet to seal second spot and failed to shrug off last week's disappointing Europa League exit to Arsenal.Mancini turned into his own net from six yards to open the scoring after 28 minutes under pressure from Dries Mertens.But Zapata scored his 24th goal of the season to level after 69 minutes and Pasalic pounced after Zapata's backheel to win it.Predict 6 correct scores for your chance to win £250K. 31. Mário Rui Summary; H2H Comparison; Commentary; Venue Italy Serie A. The Napoli captain then released a dangerous diagonal through pass from the half-space but it was intercepted rather easily.Napoli mainly tried to break through Atalanta’s defence using the active movements of their players in order to disorganize Atalanta who, as mentioned numerous times in this tactical analysis, used player-oriented pressing and marking. Gómez, in the orange circle, didn’t seem to try to exploit the space in the centre of Napoli’s defence – preferring to stay deep and help the build-up rather than playing in a more advanced area.This attempt at creating an overload though, seemed to often be dealt with well by As can be seen in the picture above, Napoli managed to match Atalanta’s numbers on their left side. R. Gosens However, upon seeing no short passing options available, the Brazilian defender drove forward with the ball and successfully dribbled past two Napoli players before laying the ball to Iličić who dropped and dragged Koulibaly out.Though Napoli initially managed to match Atalanta man for man in terms of numbers, Tolói’s impressive driving run past two players ensured them the numerical superiority upfront. The Azzurri enjoyed more of the possession and generated five goal-scoring opportunities but failed to score a winner. Bet Here 9. Vous pouvez nous retrouver dans différentes langues sur ces plateformes sous le même nom de "SofaScore". K. Manolas They usually did so by passing the ball towards either Allan or Ruiz.However, Atalanta set up a medium-high block in this game. 21. However, Napoli would still always look to play the ball to either of the two centre-mids – either to distribute the ball wide again or force their way through the middle if there’s an opportunity to do so.Here we can see Atalanta with their defensive block. San Paolo Attendance: Attendance 19,604. 20. 4. 15. 13. 27. A. Gómez Atalanta, in particular, came into the match following a 7-1 thrashing at home against Udinese. 23. M. Politano 8. 33. 11. 11. 7.