Heroic Atalanta: Dea overwhelms Borussia Dortmund and qualifies with a penalty at 98'!

Straordinary Atalanta in the Champions League: the Bergamo crowd experiences another dream evening. Raffaele Palladino’s team, which had lost the first leg 2-0 in Germany, demolishes Borussia Dortmund 4-1, qualifying for the round of 16 of the continent’s top competition. Incredible feat of the Dea, who found the qualifying goal in 98′ on a penalty kick, scoring Samardzic from the penalty spot. In the round of 16, the Bergamasks will face either Arsenal or Barcelona.

Orobics unleashed in the first half in Bergamo: the Nerazzurri started very strong and on 5′ found the lead thanks to Scamacca. Bernasconi with a cross from the left put the entire Borussia Dortmund defense in crisis and the’former West Ham man has good play to tap-in his third goal in this edition of the Champions League. The Germans struggle to react and the Nerazzurri are still dangerous with Zalewski. Carnesecchi defused two chances by Brandt and Guirassy and just before the’halftime came the doubling of Palladino’s team: again Bernasconi crossed from the back, Kobel mishandled the ball and Zappacosta, thanks also to a deflection by Bensebaini, signed the 2-0 for the hosts.

The second half was even more exciting.

The resumption is even more exciting: at the start BVB looks much more determined, Carnesecchi has to overcome himself on Guirassy and deflects in a corner, shortly after Beier hits the post with a nice diagonal shot. At 57′ comes the goal that makes the Bergamo stadium explode: De Roon serves Pasalic who scores the resounding 3-0 over the Gialloneri with a header. Borussia Dortmund did not give up, at 74′ it wasted badly with Guirassy but a minute later found the 3-1: Adeyemi from the edge blasted a powerful left-footer that gave Carnesecchi no chance.

Luca Franzosi

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Crazy final, Atalanta didn&#8217t close in fear but played it openly, creating chances with Krstovic and Samardzic. And at 96′ comes the penalty that decides the match: Bensebaini with a heel intervention hits the face of Krstovic, injuring him. The Var intervenes and awards the penalty for Dea. Bensebaini is sent off for protests, and Samardzic at 98′ sends the shot from the eleven meters into the net, again driving the New Balance Stadium crazy with joy. Borussia Dortmund close in anger, Nico Schlotterbeck is ejected for protests from the bench.

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