Rome (AFP)

Totally unleashed, Atalanta Bergame won 7-1 against Udinese and confirmed its 3rd place in the standings while getting closer to Juventus and Inter Milan, Sunday during the 9th day of Serie A, who also saw AS Roma drive a little more AC Milan.

Beaten three times out of three in the Champions League, Atalanta is experiencing a difficult discovery of Europe. But in Italy however, the team of Gian Piero Gasperini is no longer a surprise.

With this success, the Atalanta consolidates indeed its position on the podium, this 3rd place she had already conquered at the end of last season.

Above all, the Bergamasques benefit from the draws of Juventus and Inter Saturday to return in the immediate vicinity of leaders, three points of Turin and two Milan.

Better still, they widen the gap on their direct pursuers. Naples (4th) is indeed three lengths after being held in check (1-1) on the lawn of the Spal.

In front of the Udinese, Atalanta managed a festival, but his opponent put his own, conceding two penaltys and playing nearly one hour to 10.

In the end, the Colombian Muriel scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, Slovenia's Ilicic scored twice and Pasalic and the young Traoré completed the scoreboard.

After nine days, the Bergamo team travels more than three goals per game, 28 in nine games, a record in Serie A history since the introduction of the three-point victory.

- Milan in crisis -

Just outside the Champions League qualifying Top 4 is AS Roma, who beat AC Milan 2-1 and returns to 5th place, just behind Naples.

Faced with an incredible cascade of injuries since the beginning of the season, the Romans and their coach Paulo Fonseca have the merit to have managed to keep pace with the best.

Sunday, they plunged the Milan (12) still a little deeper into the crisis, new coach Stefano Pioli has taken a point in two games since his arrival.

Under the eyes of Francesco Totti, back at the Olympic Stadium for the first time in a Roma game since leaving the club at the end of last season, the goals giallorossi were scored by Dzeko ( 38th) and Zaniolo (59th).

Milan had briefly equalized by the Frenchman Theo Hernandez (55th), one of the few elements to save in the disastrous early season rossonero.

Behind the Roma, at one point, it is Cagliari who occupies the 6th place. The Sardinian team, good surprise of this first quarter of the championship, took a point on the ground of the Torino (1-1).

In Genoa, the rescue operation of Claudio Ranieri remains complicated. Sampdoria was beaten 2-1 in Bologna. And at 8.45 pm, Fiorentina (9th) Franck Ribery receives Lazio Rome (8th).

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