Lecce Stuns Champions League Atalanta in Serie A

Lecce won 2-1 at Atalanta on Sunday to take a big step towards Serie A safety and damage their opponents' bid for Champions League football next season. Atalanta fell into the trap of against its guest Lecce team, 2-1on Sunday at the “Joyes” stadium in the 23rd round of the Italian League for the current season 2022-2023. Assan Ceesay opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a thumping low strike from distance and Alexis Blin headed in the crucial second in the 74th minute. Young gun Rasmus Hojlund pulled one back late on with his second in as many weeks to take his season's tally to six, but Atalanta couldn't make the most of the seven minutes of added time to snatch a point. Atalanta is fifth in Serie A after Sunday's surprise defeat and AC Milan's 1-0 win at Monza on Saturday and takes on the champions at the San Siro next weekend, while Lecce's rose to 27 points in thirteenth place, and Napoli leads with 62 points.