Serie A facet Atalanta went into the sport in opposition to Actual Madrid with some confidence at the moment however regardless of placing in a valiant displaying, they couldn’t beat the Spanish giants.
Actual gained 3-2, thanks to 2 essential objectives within the second half from Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham. Ademola Lookman had pulled one again to make it 3-2 however he created a significant likelihood within the 94th minute of the sport, however Matteo Retegui by some means missed from level clean vary.
Within the first half, Kylian Mbappe’s aim was cancelled out by Charles de Ketelaere’s penalty in stoppage time.
After the sport, Gian Piero Gasperini spoke to Sky concerning the loss and he was joyful concerning the displaying.
He mentioned, as relayed by : “Each groups needed to play, attempting to win with their energy. For us there’s a little bit of disappointment, however we study one thing from these video games. We nonetheless lack one thing, however additionally it is a purpose to enhance and work. We come out defeated, even when possibly not in numbers and it will assist us to take a small step ahead.”
Talking of the place La Dea may have performed higher, the Italian mentioned:
“We have been transferring just a little too slowly, these groups shut down nicely. We held the sport nicely, however we may have been extra harmful as a result of we may have been. A recreation that will probably be a fantastic lesson, we’re sorry to have misplaced however we are going to bounce again from these video games.”
Atalanta are ninth within the Champions League desk and have each likelihood of going via to the subsequent spherical. They’re additionally prime of the Serie A.
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