With Weston McKennie, Juventus suffered a painful defeat against Atalanta

Atalanta achieved an important victory against Juventus (1-0), the first that it has achieved in Serie A over that rival in twenty years, this Sunday on the 31st day. Thanks to this result, the Bergamo team advanced in the table to Juve and placed third, while their rival this Sunday fell to fourth place, two points behind.

This stellar duel between two teams of Champions League positions was decided by a goal from Ukraine's Ruslan Malinvoskyi, whose shot in 87, deflected by Brazilian defender Alex Sandro, left Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczensy with no room for maneuver. This defeat of Juventus, in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo due to injury, further sinks the morale of the Turin team.

Argentine Paulo Dybala started for the first time in three months, after overcoming a knee injury, but he was unable to lead his team. He gave a dangerous pass to Weston McKennie (38) and brushed Atalanta's goal from a direct free kick in 63, but didn't carry much danger before his departure from the field in 68.

The Spanish Álvaro Morata had two good chances (34 and 76), but also without success. Juventus also suffered the injury of Federico Chiesa in 58, in an afternoon to forget. It is the ninth victory in the last ten games for Atalanta, who also get a psychological advantage before the final of the Italian Cup, which will be played in a month precisely against Juventus.

"This is a game that is important. Winning today means that we can defeat Juve and, above all, it shows that they can lose against us. But I have not seen a Juventus in difficulties, they have been very strong," estimated the coach from Atalanta, Gian Piero Gasperini.

After practically saying goodbye to the possibility of getting a tenth consecutive Scudetto, he now sees his place in the 'Champions' positions (Top 4) in danger. "We only have to think of ourselves. We are going to have to win as many games as possible, but if we play with this spirit and with this motivation, I am sure that we will not have any problems in the future," the Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo tried to reassure.