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BERGAMO, ITALY – MARCH 22: Davide Zappacosta of Atalanta celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and Hellas Verona FC at Gewiss Stadium on March 22, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Images)
Davide Zappacosta’s strike proved enough for Atalanta to get the better of Verona on a special day for club legend Marten de Roon.
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La Dea were eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich midweek, and losing ground in Serie A after just two points from three rounds. Gianluca Scamacca also suffered a fresh injury blow, but Charles De Ketelaere and Giacomo Raspadori were finding fitness again. Hellas missed Armel Bella-Kotchap, Domagoj Bradaric, Sandi Lovric and Suat Serdar.
It was a special day for Marten de Roon, who became Atalanta’s all-time record man with 436 appearances.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Lorenzo Montipò flew to palm away the towering Nikola Krstovic header, but he was beaten when Davide Zappacosta rolled across the six-yard box, saved by a sensational Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro block to prevent the Ederson tap-in.
Atalanta did take the lead when Davide Zappacosta drilled hard and low from the edge of the area through a sea of legs, taking a deflection on the way through and bending back the goalkeeper’s gloves into the far bottom corner.
It should’ve been 1-1 at the dawn of the second half when Kieron Bowie just flicked on the Rafik Belghali cross from six yards, but was denied by an astonishing Marco Carnesecchi reaction save.
De Ketelaere sent Krstovic clear on goal after intercepting a wayward Gift Orban pass, but the striker’s lob bounced off the top of the crossbar as Montipò came rushing out.
The Verona goalkeeper had to be alert on a Mario Pasalic cross-shot, but Hellas really should’ve equalised on 77 minutes when Orban had time and space to control a knockdown only to fire over from 12 yards.
Orban also tested Carnesecchi from the edge of the area, while Belghali lost his balance when dribbling into the area and his finish was charged down by Isak Hien.
Atalanta 1-0 Verona
Zappacosta 37 (A)
22-03-2026 14:00
MatchDay 30
Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia)AtalantaVerona1 – 0
Player statistic
| 16' | Andrias Edmundsson |
| Davide Zappacosta | 37' |
| 54' | Nicolás Valentini |
| 63' | Roberto Gagliardini |
| Isak Hien | 83' |
Atalanta
Verona
Starting lineups
29
Marco Carnesecchi
Goalkeeper
19
Berat Djimsiti
Defender
77
Davide Zappacosta
Defender
42
Giorgio Scalvini
Defender
47
Lorenzo Bernasconi
Defender
23
Sead Kolasinac
Defender
76′
13
Éderson
Midfielder
63′
15
Marten de Roon
Midfielder
88′
59
Nicola Zalewski
Midfielder
63′
17
Charles De Ketelaere
Attacker
76′
90
Nikola Krstovic
Attacker
1
Lorenzo Montipò
Goalkeeper
5
Andrias Edmundsson
Defender
3
Martin Frese
Defender
46′
6
Nicolás Valentini
Defender
7
Rafik Belghali
Defender
15
Victor Nelsson
Defender
21
Abdou Harroui
Midfielder
66′
11
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
Midfielder
85′
63
Roberto Gagliardini
Midfielder
66′
16
Gift Orban
Attacker
18
Kieron Bowie
Attacker
78′
Substitutes
16
Raoul Bellanova
Defender
31
Francesco Rossi
Goalkeeper
57
Marco Sportiello
Goalkeeper
5
Mitchel Bakker
Defender
3
Odilon Kossounou
Defender
7
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Midfielder
69
Honest Ahanor
Defender
8
Mario Pasalic
Midfielder
63′
18
Giacomo Raspadori
Attacker
63′
4
Isak Hien
Defender
76′
6
Yunus Musah
Midfielder
76′
10
Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder
88′
34
Simone Perilli
Goalkeeper
14
Pol Lirola
Defender
36
Cheikh Niasse
Attacker
94
Giacomo Toniolo
Goalkeeper
25
Daniel Mosquera
Attacker
19
Tobias Slotsager
Defender
70
Fallou Cham
Defender
41
Isaac
Attacker
2
Daniel Oyegoke
Defender
46′
10
Tomas Suslov
Attacker
66′
73
Moatasem Al-Musrati
Midfielder
66′
9
Amin Sarr
Attacker
78′
24
Antoine Bernede
Midfielder
85′
