The German Leipzig and Italian Atalanta continued their historic adventure in the European Champions League, by reaching their first-ever quarter-finals in earnest after they renewed their win Tuesday over Tottenham, the summer of the champion 3-0, and Valencia Spain 4-3 in the second leg of the final price.
The Spanish newspaper "Marca" revealed yesterday that the fans of Valencia defied the ban imposed by the Spanish authorities on the fans entering the stands of the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, and the team supporters gathered in very large numbers around the stadium, where they received the team bus warmly, but this did not solve without compensation The team lost to 4-1.
Atalanta continued his historical adventure by reaching the quarter-finals in his first participation, after he continued his distinguished offensive performance by defeating his host Valencia 4-3 in front of empty stands due to fears of the spread of Corona virus.
The Bergamo representative entered the Mestalla Stadium, and he is in an ideal position to continue the dream after his big win back home 4-1. The coach Jean-Piero Gasperini's team owes a victory again to the Slovenian Josip Ilyichic, who scored the four goals, after he was also the owner of one of the first goals, while the French Kevin Gamero scored two of the goals of Valencia, and the third was Ferran Torres, without that enough for the runner-up champion 2000 and 2001 in order to continue his career.
After his historic qualification, Gasperini saw in a press statement that his team "adapted to the Champions League, but it can be better", explaining, "It was not easy, we received some goals that can be avoided, but we wanted to win here and did not come for a tie or defeat. We wanted to confirm the good work we did by winning here. ”
After the match, Atalanta players lifted a shirt reading "Bergamo, this is for you. Never give up!" Facing the Corona virus, which has killed hundreds of Italians so far.
Mourinho holds his players responsible for the elimination of Tottenham
The German Leipzig team renewed their victory over their English hosts Tottenham with three harsh three goals, after they had won it 1-0 in London, to qualify for the first time to the quarter-finals of the European Champions.
Tottenham coach Jose Mourinho criticized the players, blaming them for the exclusion from the continental competition, and he said in press statements that the situation has become very difficult for the team, and may not guarantee the champions card this season in the local league.
Leipzig dominated the return match between its fans and largely decided in the first half with the duo of its Austrian captain Marcel Sabitser in the 10 and 21 minutes, before his Swedish international substitute Emil Forsberg added the third goal 20 seconds after entering and from the first touch (87).
It is only the second participation of Leipzig, which was founded in 2009, in the continental competition after the first season before last year, when he left the group stage by coming third in the seventh group.