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Lookman scores again and Europa League champion Atalanta beats Torino 3-0. Roma won't qualify for CL

Sun, May 26, 2024
Soccer News (AP)

ROME (AP) - Atalanta followed up its Europa League title with a 3-0 win over Torino in Serie A on Sunday and ended Roma's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

Gianluca Scamacca and Ademola Lookman scored first-half goals for Atalanta and Mario Pasalic added a penalty after the break as the Bergamo side moved up to fourth place, one point ahead of Bologna.

Lookman was coming off a hat trick in Atalanta's 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final on Wednesday, and the Europa League trophy was on the sideline before kickoff.

Sixth-place Roma, which was playing at Empoli later, needed Atalanta to finish fifth to qualify for the Champions League.

It's the final round of the Italian league but Atalanta still has a game to make up against Fiorentina next Sunday.

Scamacca scored first after being set up by Charles De Ketelaere then Lookman tapped in a rebound of a shot from Pasalic following another set-up from De Ketelaere. Midway through the second half, Lookman was fouled to provide the penalty for Pasalic.

Also, defending champion Napoli was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Lecce and finished 10th to miss out on all European competitions. Torino is ninth and can still qualify for the Conference League if Fiorentina wins the Europa Conference League.

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