Leipzig – Atalanta 1: 1: Matsara with many chances and no winner

Leipzig and Atalanta offered the Red Bull Arena spectators a very spectacular game, which justified the expectations in front of the cross with two goals, four assists and many chances. The final 1-1 in the first quarterfinals of the Europa League leaves everything open for the game in Bergamo in a week.

The Italians entered the field with a very positive attitude and played their game from the first minute. The Germans didn’t have a chance to reply and only occasionally watched the visitors’ fast play. In the 17th minute, Luis Muriel opened the scoring with a fantastic shot for Atalanta, who continued to pose a threat at Peter Gulacci’s home.

The hosts’ reaction was a crossbar from Andre Silva from a good position, but Atalanta was able to react to that too and also hit a crossbar with Mario Pasalic at the end of the half.

In the second half, Domenico Tentesco’s players increased their pace and in the 56th minute won a penalty by Christopher Enkunko’s fall. Andre Silva was defeated by Juan Musso, who also blocked the rebound, but in the next stage Davide Japacosta scored an own goal on a cross from the left in his attempt to chase Willy Orban.

The goal spurred on the Germans, who freshened up in attack with Emil Forsberg and Dominic Somboslay. A beam from the Copmainers was the Italians’ only dangerous streak in the second half, Leipzig had the same with Somboslay. There was still a barrage of chances for the hosts in the final minutes but Musso and her failure kept the 1-1 to the end.

LEIPZIG: Gulacci, Klosterman, Orban, Guardiola (73’Halstenberg), Henrikhs (87’Mukiel), Limer, Campbell, Angelini, Enkunku (87’Novoa), Olmo (73’Soboslai), Silva (62)

ΑΤΑΛΑΝΤΑ: Musso, De Ron, Demiral, Palomino, Hatembur, Copmainers, Froiler (67′ Mirandτσuk), Japacosta (89′ Petchela), Pesina (61′ Scalvini), Muriel (61′ Zapata), Pasalic (61′)

The program of the first quarterfinals

The program of the second quarterfinals