Ademola Lookman was in action for Atalanta who fell to a 2-0 defeat to Inter Milan in the semi-finals of the Italian Super Cup on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A second-half double from Denzel Dumfries earned Inter the win where the Serie A champions will aim to win the trophy for the fourth successive time.
In Monday’s final, Inter will meet the winner of Friday’s second semi-final between Juventus and AC Milan.
While Inter manager Simone Inzaghi went with his strongest available 11,
Atalanta’s Gian Piero Gasperini, already without top scorer Mateo Retegui through injury, surprisingly left both Lookman and Charles De Ketelaere on the bench.
The opening half ended scoreless, mostly thanks to Atalanta keeper Marco Carnesecchi, who first denied Lautaro Martinez with a reflex save from close range.
Carnesecchi then pulled off a double save, parrying away a powerful Martinez shot, then quickly getting back on his feet to stop Federico Dimarco’s effort from the rebound.
Atalanta had one decent chance in the first half, thanks to a poor headed clearance attempt from Inter defender Alessandro Bastoni which left Giorgio Scalvini with a header from close range that he sent straight at keeper Yann Sommer.
But four minutes into the second half Dumfries opened the scoring before adding the second goal on 61 minutes.
