| 45' +4' | And that's a wrap! Atalanta defeat Rakow 2-0 at the Gewiss stadium and are off to the best possible start in the UEFA Europa League! | |
| 45' +3' | Pašalić's feeble and central shot is saved | |
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45' +2' | Atalanta's hero of the night takes his much-deserved bow: De Ketelaere is replaced by Bakker |
| 44' | Ruggeri's shot from outside the box flies high | |
| 42' | Charles De Ketelaere's right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is once again saved by Rakow's goalkeeper | |
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33' | Last change for Raków: Jean Carlos on, Plavsic off |
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31' | Double Substitution, Atalanta: Holm and Pašalić are subbed in for Zappacosta and Lookman |
| 30' | What a save from Musso to deny Lederman the goal in a mano-a-mano! | |
| 29' | Atalanta inches away from their third of the night : after Berat Djimsiti's header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal; De Ketelaere's tap in is cleared off the line! | |
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26' | Double Substitution, Rakow: Crnac and Lederman subbed in for Zwolinski and Berggren |
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21' | GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAL!!! One good header deserves another: ÉDERSOOOOON slots Ruggeri's cross in the bottom right corner to make it 2-0! |
| 19' | Éderson's shot flies high over the bar | |
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17' | Double Substitution, Atalanta: Miranchuk and Éderson replace Muriel and de Roon |
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16' | Double Substitution, Rakow Czestochowa: Marcin Cebula and Sonny Kittel replace Vladyslav Kochergin and John Yeboah. |
| 14' | Koopmeiners' curler flies high over the bar! | |
| 9' | Muriel with a through pass for Lookman who controls the ball and shoots, but Rakow's keeper palms it round the post | |
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4' | GOOOOOOOAAAAL!!! Who else but CHARLEEEEES DE KETELAEREEEE? After the Serie A, the Belgian makes his second scoring debut for Atalanta bagging Zappacosta's cross from left flank in with a superb header! Atalanta 1-0 up in Bergamo!!!!! |
| 1' | The second half begins! HEADS UP LADS!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
| 45' +1' | Halftime:honors even at the Gewiss Stadium | |
| 44' | Atalanta on the counter: Muriel finds Lookman on the run but the Nigerian striker scruffs the finishing | |
| 43' | Ruggeri's cross from the left flank finds Muriel who goes for the header but his attempt flies high | |
| 40' | Attempt saved: De Ketelaere's left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal | |
| 37' | First chance for Raków: Rundic's header flies high over the bar | |
| 32' | Yellow card shown to de Roon | |
| 19' | Once again Lookman: after a give-and-go with De Ketelaere, Mola goes for the shot; but the opposing keeper punches the ball out | |
| 17' | Lookman tries to cleave Koopmeiners' daisy-cutter from outside the box in with a backheel chip but his chance ends up off the target | |
| 5' | Atalanta on the offensive: Lookman speeds past the opponents and loosens a through pass for Muriel who shots. Rakow's goalie deflects the shot out | |
| 1' | Kick-off at the Gewiss Stadium!!! The wait is over, Atalanta's campaign in the UEFA Europa League sets in!!! COME ON LADS!!! #GoAtalantaGo |
Atalanta hit the ground running in the 2023-2024 UEFA Europa League: Gasperini’s men came out on top of the Group D opener, defeating Raków Czestochowa 2-0 at the Gewiss Stadium courtesy of De Ketelaere and Éderson, both finding their scoring ways in the second half of the game.
Gasperini’s men got off to a strong start and tried to put pressure on the Polish side from the get-go. The first attempt was registered in the 4th minute as Muriel tested Kovacevic, then Lookman’s 18th-minute back-heel flick from Koopmeiners’ pass was just wide and one minute later, the Nigerian forward had another go with a curler from the left that was saved by the visiting goalkeeper. Raków gave it a whirl on 37 minutes with a Rundic header that went over the bar but the Nerazzurri threatened with two more chances, as De Ketelaere’s shot was parried in the 40th minute, Muriel’s 43rd-minute header was over and then Lookman came sliding in at the back post and fired over on 44 minutes.
The goal had been coming and the deadlock was broken inside 3 minutes of the restart when Zappacosta whipped in a cross from the right for De Ketelaere’s towering header that opened the scoring. After a few scoring chances created by Lookman and Koopmeiners, it was another header that doubled our lead, with Éderson being the scorer this time, assisted by Ruggeri, in the 66th minute. De Ketelaere almost grabbed his second goal of the evening on 74 minutes when his heading attempt was cleared off the line by a defender. Not a turn of the clock had passed that Musso was called into action, performing a superb hockey save to deny Lederman the goal when one-on-one. De Ketelaere was close to bagging a brace in the 87th minute but Kovacevic managed to charge down the effort and keep the scoreline down to 2-0.
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| 2 | Goals scored | 0 |
| 23 | Total attempts | 3 |
| 10 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 13 | Shots off target | 2 |
| 0 | Penalties | 0 |
| 14 | Assists | 1 |
| 13 | Crosses | 2 |
| 11 | Corners | 0 |
| 1 | Decisive interventions | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 7 |
| 5 | Substitutions | 5 |
| 0 | Hit woodwork | 0 |
