Jacob Ondrejka’s stoppage-time winner accomplished an excellent turnaround for Parma, who secured Serie A survival by snatching a dramatic 3-2 victory in opposition to Atalanta.
Christian Chivu’s aspect recovered from 2-0 down at Gewiss Stadium to assert the win required to make sure their top-flight standing for one more season no less than.
Atalanta had been already assured of a third-place end and Champions League soccer subsequent time period, and took management by Daniel Maldini’s quickfire brace.
The attacking midfielder tucked dwelling Raoul Bellanova’s Thirty second-minute cross, earlier than rifling dwelling a second aim inside 60 seconds.
Parma had been two factors away from the underside three, however at risk of probably getting leapfrogged by Lecce and Empoli.
However, they appeared invigorated after the break, and halved their deficit inside three minutes of the restart when Antoine Hainaut pounced on a unfastened ball within the field and fired dwelling.
Half-time substitute Ondrejka’s particular person effort then dragged the guests stage, earlier than the Swede accomplished the turnaround within the first minute of stoppage time to stun the house followers into silence.
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Information Debrief: Atalanta endure uncommon defensive lapse
Atalanta had been crushed after shedding a two-goal lead for the primary time in Serie A since November 2018 (3-2 in opposition to Empoli).
However, La Dea’s tally of 37 objectives conceded is their lowest in a 20-team Serie A season (beating the earlier file of 39 from 2017-18).
In helping Maldini’s second aim, Mateo Retegui took his variety of aim involvements on this Serie A season to 33 (25 objectives, eight assists). Solely Mohamed Salah (47), Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane (34 every) bettered that amongst gamers within the massive 5 European leagues.
In the meantime, Parma recovered a two-goal deficit to win for the primary time in Serie A since Could 2003 (3-2 in opposition to Piacenza).
