Ruslan Malinovsky celebrated his anniversary match, and Viktor Kovalenko made his debut for Atalanta

21.03.2021 16:28

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

In the match of the 28nd round of the Italian Serie A "Atalanta" midfielders of the national team of Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi and Victor Kovalenko on the way out met with "Verona".

Malinowski came out in the starting lineup. In the 33rd minute Ruslan opened the scoring in the game, realizing a penalty, and in the 42nd - assisted Duvana Zapati, who scored the second goal of the guests. In the end, the Ukrainian played until the 87th minute of the meeting, when he was replaced by Viktor Kovalenko, for whom it was his debut as part of the Bergamo, who won - 2: 0.

Note that this match was for Ruslan 60th in the composition of "Atalanta" in the Italian Serie A. In these matches, the Ukrainian scored ten goals and gave eight assists.

With 55 points, the Ukrainian team ranks fourth in the standings of the Italian championship.