1) Hellas Verona 0-2 Atalanta, 21/03/2021. Who scored the penalty?

Malinovskyi

While, this year, Atalanta’s main penalty taker has seemed to be Zapata, it was different last season. On 21 March 2021, Atalanta visited Hellas Verona for the lunch kick-off on Serie A Matchday 28. The Nerazzurri broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute with Ruslan Malinovskyi scoring the opener from the penalty and then doubled their lead a few minutes afterwards thanks to Zapata’s goal assisted by the Ukrainian.

2) Which team have more former players than the other one in the squad?

Equal

The Nerazzurri midfielder Matteo Pessina played for Hellas Verona for one season, making 35 appearances and scoring 7 goals, as well as Matteo Lovato, who made his debut in Serie A for the Gialloblù (Yellow-blue) last season. As for Hellas Verona, they have two former Atalanta players: Adrien Tameze and Bosko Sutalo (the latter was loaned out).

3) Hellas Verona 0-5 Atalanta, 18/03/2018. How many goals did Iličić score?

Three

On 18 March, Iličić put on a show at the Bentegodi. After Bryan Cristante’s opener, the Slovenian went wild: he scored the first one from the spot-kick, then the second one, which was an amazing left-foot shot into the top corner after skipping past an opponent, and the third one, hitting a dreadful finish into the top corner.

4) How many appearances did Tameze make for the Nerazzurri?

<10

Adrien Tameze made 9 appearances for Atalanta. The Cameroonian midfielder was loaned out by Nizza during the winter transfer window in the 2019/2020 season: he made his debut on 8 February against Fiorentina, then he collected other 6 appearances in the league and 2 in the Champions League.

5) Hellas Verona 1-1 Atalanta, 18/07/2020. Who did NOT score?

Muriel

Luis Muriel wasn’t on the scoresheet on the 2019/2020 Serie A Matchday 34. The fixture Hellas Verona-Atalanta ended in a tie: the Nerazzurri had taken the lead, sealed by Zapata, then Hellas Verona responded with Matteo Pessina’s goal, who was on loan to Hellas Verona at that time.