Match highlights
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Empoli vs Atalanta highlights
How the goals came
27' an own goal opens the scoring for Atalanta (the winner) → 33' Mateo Retegui extends Atalanta's lead → 43' Ademola Lookman extends Atalanta's lead → 55' Ademola Lookman extends Atalanta's lead → 74' Davide Zappacosta extends Atalanta's lead. Full time: 0-5, Atalanta win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
27' Own goal (Atalanta) 0-1
Empoli's home meeting with Atalanta in Round 26 of Serie A was broken open in the 27th minute by an own goal. Credited to the visitors, it made the score 0-1. Atalanta never surrendered that lead on the way to a 0-5 win, which made the own goal the eventual winner.
33' Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) 0-2
Only six minutes after the opening own goal, Mateo Retegui doubled Atalanta's advantage in the 33rd minute. The goal made it 0-2 and gave the visitors a two-goal cushion. Past the midpoint of the first half, the match was tilting firmly toward Atalanta.
43' Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) 0-3
Just before the interval, Ademola Lookman added Atalanta's third in the 43rd minute. At 0-3, the visitors had built a three-goal lead within the first half alone. Three goals had come between the 27th and 43rd minutes, leaving Empoli facing a difficult position at the break.
55' Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) 0-4
In the 55th minute, Lookman struck again for his second of the match after scoring in the first half. The goal stretched the score to 0-4 and Atalanta's lead to four. The first goal of the second half also went to the visitors, further narrowing any route back for Empoli.
74' Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta) 0-5
Davide Zappacosta scored Atalanta's fifth in the 74th minute, and it proved to be the last goal of the afternoon. The match finished 0-5. Empoli were held scoreless throughout, while Atalanta left with five goals and a clean sheet.
