In the the third friendly game of this pre-season, the final one in Alta Valle Seriana, the Nerazzurri beat Gambarogno-Contone (Swiss Serie C side) 12-1 at the Centro Sportivo “Città di Clusone”.
Koopmeiners broke the deadlock within four minutes with a right-foot shot into the bottom corner after Muriel’s effort was cleared by the defenders. The Dutch midfielder then bagged a brace, this time with a left-foot shot assisted by Okoli in the 11th minute. Muriel added a third as he made his way through the defence, dummied a few defenders and then fired into the bottom corner. It was Muriel again who made it 4-0 on 25 minutes after he intercepted a ball, dummied the goalkeeper and then put the ball into an empty net. The fifth goal was scored on 32 minutes after a great Toloi header bounced off the inside of the post and Okoli got to it to tap in. Muriel then bagged a hat-trick after he converted a penalty in the 35th minute.
Boga made it 7-0 in the second half after combining with Pašalić in the 51st minute; the latter also went on the scoresheet a few minutes later after he collected the ricochet from Zapata’s cross. Djimsiti made it 9-0 after he prodded in from Zapata’s ball over the top. In the span of a minute (78′ and 79′) Pašalić completed a hat-trick, firing in a rebound first and then after meeting Cisse’s cross. Demiral scored an unlucky goal on 82 minutes and Malinovskyi made it 12-1 with a left-foot shot assisted by Djimsiti.
That is how the training camp in Alta Valle Seriana ended. The Nerazzurri will now enjoy a day off, as the preparations will resume on Monday afternoon at the Centro Bortolotti in Zingonia.
ATALANTA 12-1 GAMBAROGNO-CONTONE
Scorers: Koopmeiners 4, 11, Muriel 19, 25, pen 36, Okoli 31, Boga 51, Pašalić 53, 77, 78, Djimsiti 58, Demiral own goal 82, Malinovskyi 88
Atalanta 1st half: Musso, Toloi, Mæhle, Okoli, Palomino, Koopmeiners, Muriel, Freuler, de Roon, Zortea, Cambiaghi.
Atalanta 2nd half: Rossi, Toloi, Demiral, Djimsiti, Hateboer, Pašalić, Scalvini, Ruggeri, Malinovskyi, Boga, Zapata. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini
Gambarogno-Contone: Rajkovacic (Vidovic 46) , Korinnyi (Sargenti 46), De Gianbattista, Studenovic (La Teano 46), Mattei, Corcione, Borga, Facchinetti (Maggioni 46), Dos Santos Barros (Di Giglia 46), Terzic, Sciarini (Cepilov 51). Coach: Mirto Somazzi.
Referee: Simone Nuzzo from Seregno (assistants Riccardo Marra from Milan and Tommaso Ercolani from Milan).