Thu 09 Dec

UCL 19:00
GEWISS STADIUM | BERGAMO
ATALANTA
2
-
3
VILLAREAL

First half

3' Danjuma scores for Villarreal.
1' Kick-off in #Bergamo! C'MON LADS! #GoAtalantaGo

Out with our heads held high

Malinovskyi and Zapata's goals weren't enough

In the rescheduled fixture of the 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League matchday 6, Villarreal win 3-2 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo and qualify for the Round of 16. The Nerazzurri finish third in the group: their European journey continues in the UEFA Europa League.

It was an uphill game, as Danjuma scored the opener within 3 minutes. The Nerazzurri immediately reacted to it and Toloi nodded inches over, while Freuler tested the goalkeeper from the edge of the box and Demiral’s effort had to be pushed behind Rulli. However, Villarreal doubled their lead on 42 minutes through Capoue.

The second half opened up with Danjuma adding a third for Villarreal. Malinovskyi tried to pull one back from a free-kick in the 58th minute but he hit the bar, then Zapata clipped the outside of the post in the 63rd minute. In the 71st minute, Malinovskyi hit a rocket from the edge of the box to make it 1-3, and Iličić’s slide-rule pass found Zapata, who dinked it over the goalkeeper, sparking Atalanta’s comeback. The Nerazzurri almost brought things level in the 85th minute first, with Zapata’s header straight at the goalkeeper, and then through Muriel on 86 minutes, who smashed the post with a fierce finish from the edge of the box and Toloi, who didn’t manage to turn the rebound in.

70' 79'

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2 - 3
2 Goals scored 3
13 Total attempts 7
5 Shots on target 5
5 Shots off target 2
0 Penalties 0
10 Assists 7
22 Crosses 7
3 Corners 1
2 Decisive interventions 0
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7 Offsides 3
2 Saves 3
4 Substitutions 5
3 Hit woodwork 0
Unai Emery Lines up
1. musso / 2. toloi / 28. demiral / 6. palomino / 33. hateboer / 15. de roon / 11. freuler / 3. maehle / 32. pessina / 72. ilicic / 91. zapata

Substitutions

31. rossi / 57. sportiello / 7. koopmeiners / 13. pezzella / 9. muriel / 18. malinovskyi / 19. djimsiti / 59. miranchuk / 66. lovato / 77. zappacosta / 88. pasalic / 99. piccoli
Unai Emery Lines up
13. rulli / 8. foyth / 3. albiol / 4. torres / 12. estupinan / 23. moi gomez / 5. parejo / 6. capoue / 18. moreno / 7. moreno balanguero / 15. danjuma

Substitutions

1. asenjo / 35. jorgensen / 2. gaspar / 9. alcacer / 10. iborra / 11. chukwueze / 14. trigueros / 16. dia / 17. raba / 20. pena / 22. mandi / 24. pedraza

Referees

Referee: taylor / Assistants: beswick / Assistants: nunn / Fourth official: england / V.A.R.: kavanagh / A.V.A.R: hatzidakis
Shirt number Player Role
1 Juan Musso Portiere
2 Rafael Toloi Difensore
6 José Luis Palomino Difensore
7 Teun Koopmeiners Centrocampista
8 Mario Pašalić Centrocampista
9 Luis Muriel Attaccante
15 Marten de Roon Centrocampista
19 Berat Djimsiti Difensore
31 Francesco Rossi Portiere
33 Hans Hateboer Centrocampista
42 Giorgio Scalvini Difensore
77 Davide Zappacosta Centrocampista
91 Duván Zapata Attaccante