Nikola Krstović doesn't worry about not being the first striker in Atalanta's formation.
And he seems to be enjoying the role he has with Raffaele Paladino, that Gianluca Scamacca is the first option, so he scored his seventh goal in Serie A this season against Cremonese (2:1).
In addition to that number, the Montenegrin striker has four assists and is the "goddess"'s top scorer...
The former Zeta, Red Star and Dunajska Streda player scored the goal for the guests from Cremona in the 13th minute - he crossed for Giacomo Raspadori, and Krstović, with his back to the goal, received the ball with his right foot and sent it behind goalkeeper Emil Auder.
After that, Davide Zapacosta gave the club from Bergamo a 2:0 lead and that result was in effect from the 25th until the 94th minute (Morten Torsby's goal for the final 2:1).
The fact that only six players in Serie A have scored more this season shows how much Krstović's tally of seven goals is worthy of respect.
Inter captain Lautaro Martinez scored 14 goals, while the Koma Niko Pas - Anastasios Douvikas tandem, as well as Kenan Yildiz (Juventus), Rasmus Hojlund (Napoli) and Christian Pulisic from Milan each scored eight goals.
Before the duel with Cremonese, Krstović was also a scorer in matches against Parma, Pisa, Bologna (two goals) and Torino (two goals), and recently scored the first goal of his career in the Champions League - against Athletic Bilbao.
Atalanta will play Borussia Dortmund in the playoffs of the elite competition on February 17th and 25th.
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