It’s hard to believe that the Atalanta did not add three points in the match he faced this Wednesday against Celtic on the third day of the Champions League. The Scottish team showed great weakness in defense on the second day, when Dortmund overcame them by giving them a 7-1 scoreline, but this time they played on the green of Gewiss Stadium quite the opposite. Especially their goalkeeper, a Kasper Schmeichel who lived up to his last name (his father was once the best goalkeeper in the world), who made up to six worthy saves who made Brendan Rodgers They went home with a point.
Atalanta, companion Marten De Roon and Ederson With the double pivot, it didn’t take long to take control of the game. From the moment the ball started rolling, we saw how the game was going to be, with those Gasperini accumulating offensive actions before the wall built by Celtic in his defense. However, it should be pointed out that the group led by Brendan Rodgers His defense was good, even he had the ‘wild card Schmeichel’ when Atalanta shot. A total of 20 shots (not all on goal) were counted.
Although the Italian team’s dominance lasted throughout the match, it was more intense in the first half than in the second. Before reaching the break saw the clearest scoring opportunity, including that one shot Pasalic He crashed into the crossbar as he looked to send the ball into the back of the net. In it Celticalthough he attacked few, the closest to scoring was Alex Vallethe left back on loan from Barça who put in a good performance overall in the match.
However, the initial 0-0 score never moved off the scoreboard, so the Atalanta He had to settle for a point which means that after three games in this Champions League he has added 5 and remains unbeaten. He Celticin its part, there are 4.
match lineup
29
16
77
23
4
19
15
13
8
32
11
1
2
11
42
6
5
27
41
9
10
38
Gewiss Stadium
Kasper Schmeichel1
57′
Alistair Johnston2
7′
Alex Valle11
77′
Callum McGregor42
Austin can be trusted6
Liam Scales5
Arne Engels27
74′
Reo Hatate41
67′
77′
Adam Idah9
67′
58′
Nicolas Kühn10
80′
68′
Daizen Maeda38
73′
Replacements
Viljami Sinilasi12
Scott Bain29
Mike Nawrocki17
Anthony Ralston56
68′
Stephen Welsh57
77′
Luke McCowan14
74′
57′
Paulo Bernardo28
67′
James Forrest49
80′
Luis Palma7
73′
77′
Kyogo Furuhashi8
67′
58′
Yang Hyun-Jun13
coach
Gian Piero Gasperini
Brendan Rodgers
Source: La Verdad
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