Atalanta defeated Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk by 2-0 away in the final group game of the Champions League, advancing to the eighth finals of the world's best club team tournament.
Thus, the Italians completed the dominance of the top five leagues in Europe.
Although Group A, B and Group G are not yet finished players, it is already clear that only clubs from England, France, Italy, Spain and Germany make it into the Champions League eighth finals.
That has not happened since the Champions League started in the current format season 1992-1993.
- This dominance is here to stay. It was fairly easy to predict which ones would go ahead when you saw the groups beforehand. It is almost always the same team and it has become even clearer now in recent years. The top teams in the best leagues have such strong troops that they stand out from the smaller leagues, says SVT Sports expert Daniel Nannskog.