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24 February 2021 Atalanta in ten for more than 70 'lost 1-0 to Real Madrid in Bergamo in the first leg of the round of 16.

The result matures only in the final minutes and is not a definitive sentence in view of the return to Spain in three weeks.



Pessina, Muriel and Zapata the consolidated offensive triangle, Gasperini's outsiders are Maehle and Gosens.

Nine absent for Zidane, in midfield there are Kroos, Casemiro and Modric;

in front of Isco, Asensio and Vinicius.

The teams start at a good pace but without reaching the area.

The numerical balance is broken at 17 'when Isco catches the cut from Mendy, landed by Freuler before entering the area.

For the referee Stieler it is a clear scoring opportunity, direct red for the Swiss.

Gasperini thinks about a substitution to balance the midfield, but decides to wait also because Atalanta keeps the field well and starts again in good fluency.

However, the change is inevitable at half an hour, when Zapata gets hurt and Pasalic takes over.

In the last minutes the Real grows and begins to be seen near Gollini.

There is a header from Asensio that does not worry the goalkeeper who, on the other hand, instinctively saves himself on a cut-off free kick by Kroos that comes directly into the goal with a deviation at the edge of the small area.



Real begins the recovery by forcing the pace and forcing the Orobics into their own trocar.

Gasperini evaluates the situation for a few minutes and decides that it's up to Ilicic (Muriel comes out).

Atalanta tightens the lines and does not go into difficulty, even if they are almost unable to restart.

Real, however, can only be seen with conclusions from outside the area, such as that of Modric (high) or the free kick of Asensio (Gollini blocks).

Gasperini sees Ilicic in trouble and spares him the last few minutes.

Just shortly after the entries of Malinovskyi and Palomino, who should block the 0-0, the joke materializes.

At 86 'Mendy receives on 18 meters and draws a trajectory that bags at the edge of the pole.

Gollini is late, maybe he doesn't see the ball go.

Atalanta also risks in the 90 ', when a scrum breaks out in the small area on a cross from Vazquez, Casemiro slams into a wall of legs.