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by Marco Rossi 01 October 2019The Atalanta is still defeated in the Champions League. At San Siro the Bergamo players are beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 and the road is all uphill. The Nerazzurri, after the almost disastrous debut against Dinamo Zagreb, challenge the Ukrainians, who were heavily defeated by Manchester City.

Gasperini changes some pawns: Gollini in goal, favorite Palomino at Djimsiti in defense. Freuler and Gosens rest with de Roon-Pasalic in the middle and Castagne on the left. In attack Gomez behind Ilicic and Zapata. Bergamaschi immediately attacked. At 16 'contact in the area between Krivtsov and Ilicic, it is rigor, the Slovenian beat and parry the penalty by Pyatov. The Ukrainians replicate with a quick descent from Taison that gets the ball too long and favors Golini. The result unlocks on 29 minutes: after a post struck by Pasalic, Hateboer crosses from the right, Pyatov misses the exit, Zapata heads it into the net. Everything seems to be running smoothly, but on 41 'Patrick throws Moraes in depth, passing Gollini in speed and scoring at empty net. At 48 'of the first half thrill for the Nerazzurri: wonderful punishment of Marlos, the ball hits the crossbar.

Atalanta starts with a good start but does not reach the shot. At 56 'Ismaily turns into the area, left deflected for a corner by Toloi. Gasperini tries to redesign the structure and replaces Ilicic with Malinovskiy and Hateboer with Gosens (57 '). At 63 'Gomez serves low from the right, a touch under the Zapata, ball out of nothing. Gasperini insists on the offensive line-up and also puts Muriel in for Masiello (68 '). One minute before Chestnuts for Zapata but Pyatov had closed the mirror. At 72 'Gomez slips centrally, Pyatov stops him at the exit. At 81 'it's the turn of Shakhtar: Taison of heel for Stepanenko, a violent left, Gollini doesn't hold back but the ball goes in a corner. Kovalenko also tries, Malinovskiy answers with a fine shot from the edge that touches the post, to Gomez's 91th left touched by Pyatov. Following a beautiful serpentine of Muriel who fails to conclude, then comes the prank: at 95 'Bergamo too unbalanced, the newly entered Dodo free Solomon in the area, also inserted in the final, which dribbles Gollini and signs the network of Ukrainian victory.