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12 August 2020 Atalanta's European dream goes out to the last breath. Paris Saint Germain goes to the Champions League semifinal, who wins with two goals in the final, recovering Pašalić's orobic advantage. At the 'Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica' in Lisbon, the first quarter of the Final Eight ends 2-1 for the French battleship. Huge disappointment for Gasperini and his men, who, however, must not cancel the extraordinary Nerazzurri season, with the historic landing in the quarter-finals of the top continental club competition, as well as a leading championship that ended in third place.


Gasperini with 3-4-2-1: Sportiello in goal; Toloi, Caldara and Djimsiti defenders; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler and Gosens midfield line; Gomez and Pašalić behind Zapata. Tuchel starts Mbappé off the bench and sets up a classic 4-3-3: Navas in goal; Kehrer, the former Milan player Thiago Silva, Kimpembe and Bernat in defense; former Roma player Marquinhos, Herrera and Gueye midfielders; trident formed by Neymar, the former Inter Icardi and Sarabia. The English Taylor referees.

The PSG comes from only two competitive commitments, the two finals of the French Cup and the League Cup won, but it starts at a beat. Ready to go and immediately at 4 'Neymar scares Atalanta, but the Brazilian face to face with Sportiello sends aside. Orobic reaction in the 11th minute with a header from Hateboer that forces Navas to a great reflex. Djimsiti also tries to head in the 15th minute but missing the goal. At 21 'Pašalić corrects a free kick from the' Papu ', but Navas controls. At 27 'the Nerazzurri lead: Pašalić is the first to arrive on a ball coming out of a contrast between Zapata and Thiago Silva and beats the PSG goalkeeper with a precise left. At 36 'Sportiello blocks Neymar's free-kick in two halves. At 42 'a mistake by Hateboer puts Neymar again in front of Sportiello, but the Brazilian ace manages to miss the goal also on this occasion.

The teams return from the locker rooms without changes. Yellow cards flopped on Atalanta, after those for Djimsiti and Freuler in the first half: de Roon caught him for holding on Neymar (50 ') and Zapata for fouling Kehrer (53'). Gomez accuses a physical problem, Gasperini prepares the substitutions. On the development of a free kick taken by the 'Papu', Djimsiti kicks with a left-footed flight but without finding the target. At 59 'Icardi's header ends over the crossbar. In Atalanta Gomez raises the white flag, Malinovskyi takes over, and Palomino replaces the admonished Djimsiti. Mbappé enters PSG in place of Sarabia (60 '). The French champion has Toloi warned in the 67th minute. The game is fragmented and less linear than in the first half. Gasperini calls Pašalić and plays the Muriel card in the 70th minute. Navas is injured, but is not replaced thanks to the intervention of the health workers; rather, Draxler enters for Herrera and Paredes for Gueye in the 72nd minute. He recovers and Sportiello closes the door to an attempt by Mbappé from the left (74 '). At 76 'the orobic goalkeeper blocks a weak Neymar shot on the ground. At 78 'breezy action by Atalanta, but Muriel misses the control in the area. At 79 'Navas leaves the door to Sergio Rico and Chopo-Moting takes the place of Icardi in attack. At 80 'new Sportiello parade on Mbappé. Then it is Palomino in a slip to close a new incursion by the French striker. Last changes also for Atalanta: the 2000 Da Riva class for an exhausted Zapata and Castagne for Gosens. At 85 'admonition also for Palomino, is the sixth. It is played on the nerves. At 88 'physical problem for Freuler, but the Goddess has no more changes and plays in ten for a minute, even if the player returns only to be present. The cold shower comes in extremis. At 90 'in the scrum Marquinhos puts in goal a dirty assist from Neymar. At 93 'on the restart, Mbappé serves Choupo-Moting for the easiest of goals. At 97 'on a long ball Muriel loses time and fails to go to goal. Final whistle and unexpected party of PSG, tears for Atalanta.