Alejandro Gomez, an old-fashioned number 10 at the helm of Atalanta Bergamo. - Atalanta continues to amaze Europe

Where will Atalanta stop? Always so irresistible offensively, the club of Bergamo did not tremble at the time of discovering the 8th finals of the Champions League and can already think of the floor above after having beaten Valencia 4-1 Wednesday in the first leg In Milan. It is therefore the provincial Bergamo who will once again awaken San Siro to Europe, while Inter Milan and AC Milan have not attended the European Top 16 since 2012 and 2014 respectively.

9 - Atalanta's 10 Champions League goals this season have been scored by nine different players - no side has had more different goalscorers in the competition this term (excl. Own goals). Variety. pic.twitter.com/mpIzxaKOWI

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The Atalanta took over and there were more than 40,000, a third of the inhabitants of the city, to see the continuation of this incredible course, started by three defeats during the first three days of the group stage. They attended a show to which they are finally used, but in a different environment, that of Serie A.

Because as in the Italian championship, of which it has by far the best attack, Atalanta has constantly played forward and for the goal. She was rewarded with four goals, which give her a considerable advantage for the return match on March 10 in Mestalla. “We knew where to strike and how to manage the game, rejoiced Alejandro Gomez, the small Argentinian leader of Atalanta. We have materialized our opportunities and it is a very good result. All these people who came here from Bergamo, 45,000, 47,000 ... It's something unique, a fantastic memory that will last a lifetime. For the conceded goal, to want to play ball, we take risks. We didn't want to concede a goal but we're going to Valencia with a very good result ”. Strongly the return.

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