Juventus Disaster, Atalanta's "Scudetto" Hopes Awake

TURIN, MONDAY — Atalanta brought home their biggest win away from Juventus' home thanks to a 4-0 lead, Monday (10/3/2025) early morning WIB, at the Allianz Arena Stadium. "The Goddess" confirmed their superiority over Juve in the last seven years in Turin, while maintaining hopes in the scudetto competition.

In the battle for third place, Atalanta showed they were better than Juve. Every attack—dominantly via fast-breaks or quick counter-attacks—was almost a shot, the defense was solid and disciplined, and the attitude and mental performance were superior.

Atalanta's dominance was already created through the execution of a penalty by striker Mateo Retegui when the match was about to run for half an hour. Juve midfielder Weston McKennie's handball violation was the reason the referee pointed to the white spot for the visiting team.

In the second half, Atalanta delivered a devastating blow to "The Old Lady." Atalanta's midfielder and captain, Marten de Roon, extended Atalanta's lead by capitalizing on a passing error by Juve defender Lloyd Kelly in the 46th minute.

Davide Zappacosta (66th minute) and Ademola Lookman (77th minute) sealed La Dea's biggest victory at Juve's home ground. The result also solidified Atalanta's unbeaten record in visits to Allianz Arena over the past seven seasons, dating back to the 2018-2019 season.

This is a result that many people would not have imagined, but we put on a perfect performance.

Three points from Turin ensured Atalanta remained in third place. They widened the gap to six points from Juve, who are in fourth position.

Moreover, Atalanta's hopes of securing their first league title in history remain alive. They are only three points behind Inter Milan, who are still comfortably at the top of the standings.

Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini is pleased, but he did not expect to secure an absolute victory from Juve's home ground. According to him, the match was not easy for his team despite the very large score margin.

”This is a result that many people did not imagine, but we put in a perfect performance,” Gasperini told DAZN

Regarding his team's chances of chasing the scudetto competing with Inter and Napoli, Gasperini considered it an honor for the Atalanta squad. He told his players to continue to believe in everything that can still happen this season.

Moreover, Gasperini continued, Si Dewi's focus will only be on the Italian League. This condition allows Atalanta to have more time to recover players' conditions between matches and to prepare training sessions more effectively.

"People need to dream, we must not stop dreaming. We may say (the scudetto) is impossible, but if we believe anything is possible," Gasperini said.

He added: “Atalanta have never been in a situation like this before with us being ahead of Juventus. We have never had the momentum to compete for the top spot, so we never know what will happen in the rest of the season.”

Atalanta's chances are very big to be able to feel the top of the standings again like in December 2024. Referring to the performance in the last five games, Atalanta has collected 11 points which is better than Inter (10 points) and Napoli (6). Both teams also suffered one defeat in that match period.

In addition, Atalanta also has the best attacking duo in their history through the performance of Retegui and Lookman. Both have contributed 35 goals for Si Dewi this season. The number of goals is equivalent to 55 percent of Atalanta's goals in the league.

Retegui, who has scored 22 goals, has a great chance of establishing himself as the top scorer in the 2024-2025 Italian League. He will be the second Golden Shoe winner from Atalanta after Filippo Inzaghi in the 1996-1997 edition. At that time, Inzaghi scored 24 goals in one season. That achievement led Inzaghi to be recruited by Juventus the following season.

Juve tried to chase the three points by launching an attacking initiative from the kick-off. However, the 63 percent possession record was not accompanied by an effective attacking performance.

Juve's midfield struggled to produce progressive passes, forcing lone striker Randal Kolo Muani to find the ball himself in order to threaten Atalanta's defense.

As a result, Juve could only create nine shots that only resulted in two big chances. Meanwhile, Atalanta was able to produce 19 shots that were considered seven of which were golden opportunities.

Juve's performance was compounded by a parade of individual errors. Kelly made a passing error that led to Atalanta's second goal. Substitute striker Dusan Vlahovic also lost the ball in the middle of the field, helping Si Dewi create the fourth goal.

Not only that, Juve's two full-backs, Timothy Weah and Andrea Cambiaso, played below their best performance. Weah who moved on the right side lost the ball 12 times and made one mistake that resulted in an Atalanta shot.

Cambiaso on the left side was the player who lost possession the most. He recorded 14 times giving up possession so that the ball flow was controlled by Atalanta players.

Juve coach Thiago Motta admitted his team suffered a psychological setback after Atalanta scored the first goal. Juve's play became unbalanced, Motta said, which left Atalanta's wingers with plenty of space to move. Atalanta's three second-half goals came from attacks down the right side of Juve's defence.

"This defeat makes us sad, but at the same time we have to stop talking about the scudetto. We have to come together to improve for the next game against Fiorentina," Motta was quoted as saying by Tuttosport.