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Serie A: Atalanta Eye Return To Europe After Beating AS Roma 3-1

Atalanta boosted its chances of returning to Europe after beating visiting Jose Mourinho's AS Roma 3-1 in Serie A on Monday.

Seventh-placed Atalanta moved within two points of sixth-placed Inter Milan in the table.
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Atalanta boosted its chances of returning to Europe after beating visiting Roma 3-1 in Serie A on Monday.

Mario Pasalic put Atalanta ahead before the break after being set up by Duvan Zapata. Then Rafael Toloi doubled the advantage midway through the second half with a bouncing shot that Roma defender Diego Llorente headed into his own goal in a failed clearing attempt.

After Lorenzo Pellegrini pulled one back for Roma, Teun Koopmeiners immediately restored the two-goal advantage following a goalkeeping blunder by Rui Patricio.

Seventh-placed Atalanta moved within two points of sixth-placed Inter Milan and the Italian league바카라™s Conference League spot.

Roma remained fifth, level on points with fourth-placed AC Milan, and four points ahead of Atalanta.

After five straight seasons of playing in Europe, Atalanta didn바카라™t qualify for any continental competitions for this season.

Roma faces Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League semifinals.

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