Trivia Tuesday – 10th issue

5 questions about 2017/18 Europa League

Here’s a new episode of Trivia Tuesday, the five Nerazzurri-themed questions to test our fans’ knowledge. In this issue we are talking about Europa League: how prepared are you about Atalanta’s campaign in the 2017/18 season?

1) How many goals did Atalanta score?

17

The Nerazzurri scored in all 8 games played, starting with Andrea Masiello’s opener against Everton until the Rafael Toloi’s temporary 1-0 in the Round of 32 second leg against Borussia Dortmund.

2) Who was Atalanta’s top scorer?

Josip Iličić

With 4 goals, Josip Iličić was Atalanta’s top scorer. The Slovenian broke the deadlock against Apollon Limassol in Bergamo and scored also the temporary opener in the second leg against the Cyprus side, before the wonderful brace he scored at Dortmund in one of the most exciting nights of Atalanta history.

3) How many players played in the competition?

18

Fun fact: in each of the 8 games Gasperini made all three available substitutions up to fielding a total of 18 players throughout the competition.

4) In how many games did the Nerazzurri keep a clean sheet?

2

The clean sheets were 2 –  both at home – for the Nerazzurri: in the first and the last Group E matchdays, against Everton (3-0) and Lyon (1-0)

5) Who were the players who played the most?

Berisha and Freuler

2 were the Nerazzurri who didn’t lose even one minute of the competition. And if Etrit Berisha, considering the role, could be an almost obvious answer, surely Remo Freuler’s constancy and endurance amaze: both played all 720′ of Atalanta campaign.

  • 19/05/2020
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