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BERGAMO, ITALY – OCTOBER 04: Lazar Samardzic of Atalanta BC celebrates after scoring his team’s opening goal during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and Como 1907 at Gewiss Stadium on October 04, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images)
Atalanta completed the comeback with Mario Pasalic and Lazar Samardzic headers to win 2-1, but there were two very controversial refereeing decisions that angered Napoli.
La Dea were shaken by the 2-0 Champions League play-off defeat to Borussia Dortmund midweek, and preparing for the second leg on Wednesday, with Charles De Ketelaere and Giacomo Raspadori still injured. The Partenopei fought back twice to hold Roma 2-2, despite missing Scott McTominay, David Neres, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Kevin De Bruyne and Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa. Alisson Santos scored in that game and got his first start here, while Juan Jesus returned from suspension.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Napoli opened the scoring when Rasmus Hojlund earned a free kick against his old club, and it was floated in by Miguel Gutierrez for Sam Beukema to nod in from six yards. Remarkably, the defender was one of three players totally unmarked and waiting for the free header on that set play.
Alisson Santos dribbled around Marco Carnesecchi to deposit into an empty net only after he had wandered offside, while Mario Pasalic rode an Antonio Vergara challenge, but not the second from Juan Jesus.
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic acrobatically clawed a Kamaldeen Sulemana cross-shot out from under the bar, then got down for an even tougher save to palm his powerful strike round the post, and smothered his finish that went through a defender’s legs.
The referee pointed to the spot just before half-time when Hojlund ran into Isak Hien’s leg and went over it, although the defender did precious little to bring him down. VAR intervened and Daniele Chiffi changed his mind following the On-Field Review.
Alisson Santos shrugged off Nikola Krstovic to test Carnesecchi at the near post, the goalkeeper also alert on the follow-up Vergara header.
There was more controversy within 60 seconds of the restart, as Hojlund shrugged off Hien at the touchline and pulled back for the Miguel Gutierrez finish into the net. However, the referee disallowed it for a soft Hojlund tug on the Atalanta defender’s arm.
Napoli had a series of attempts off target from Alisson Santos and Vergara, but it was Atalanta who equalised when Pasalic rose for the glancing header from six yards on a Nicola Zalewski corner.
It was wide open, as Gianluca Scamacca’s powerful right-foot strike was palmed away at the base of the near post, then La Dea turned it around completely within 20 minutes.
Lorenzo Bernasconi stood up a cross from the left and fellow substitute Samardzic sent a looping header into the far bottom corner from 10 yards, just beyond Milinkovic-Savic’s fingertips.
Napoli poured forward to the end, but were unable to get back into the game.
Atalanta 2-1 Napoli
Beukema 18 (N), Pasalic 61 (A), Samardzic 81 (A)
22-02-2026 14:00
MatchDay 26
Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia)AtalantaNapoli2 – 1
Player statistic
| 18' | Sam Beukema(Assist: Miguel Gutiérrez) |
| 37' | Juan Jesus |
| Mario Pasalic(Assist: Nicola Zalewski) | 61' |
| Nicola Zalewski | 77' |
| Lazar Samardžić(Assist: Lorenzo Bernasconi) | 81' |
Match statistic
56
Possession %
44
10
Total shots
10
7
Shots on target
4
2
Shots off target
4
1
Blocked shots
2
6
Corners
1
1
Offsides
2
10
Fouls
9
Atalanta
Napoli
Starting lineups
29
Marco Carnesecchi
Goalkeeper
77
Davide Zappacosta
Defender
42
Giorgio Scalvini
Defender
69′
4
Isak Hien
Defender
16
Raoul Bellanova
Defender
57′
23
Sead Kolasinac
Defender
84′
7
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Midfielder
46′
8
Mario Pasalic
Midfielder
15
Marten de Roon
Midfielder
59
Nicola Zalewski
Midfielder
90
Nikola Krstovic
Attacker
57′
32
Vanja Milinković-Savić
Goalkeeper
4
Alessandro Buongiorno
Defender
5
Juan Jesus
Defender
70′
3
Miguel Gutiérrez
Defender
63′
30
Pasquale Mazzocchi
Defender
63′
31
Sam Beukema
Defender
26
Antonio Vergara
Midfielder
70′
20
Eljif Elmas
Midfielder
68
Stanislav Lobotka
Midfielder
27
Alisson Santos
Attacker
85′
19
Rasmus Højlund
Attacker
Substitutes
31
Francesco Rossi
Goalkeeper
57
Marco Sportiello
Goalkeeper
13
Éderson
Midfielder
5
Mitchel Bakker
Defender
3
Odilon Kossounou
Defender
6
Yunus Musah
Midfielder
45
Dominic Vavassori
Midfielder
10
Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder
46′
9
Gianluca Scamacca
Attacker
57′
47
Lorenzo Bernasconi
Defender
57′
19
Berat Djimsiti
Defender
69′
69
Honest Ahanor
Defender
84′
1
Alex Meret
Goalkeeper
14
Nikita Contini
Goalkeeper
6
Billy Gilmour
Midfielder
98
Emmanuele De Chiara
Midfielder
95
Vincenzo Prisco
Midfielder
37
Leonardo Spinazzola
Defender
63′
21
Matteo Politano
Attacker
63′
17
Mathías Olivera
Defender
70′
23
Giovane
Attacker
70′
9
Romelu Lukaku
Attacker
85′
