UEFA Champions League Round of 16: Result ATALANTA 0 – 1 REAL MADRID, Wednesday 24 February 2021

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31% Ball Possession ATALANTA and 69% Ball Possession REAL MADRID

Atalanta 0 – 1 Real Madrid

.                                                         86′ Ferland Mendy

Atalanta failing to win the Champions League Round of 16, First Leg game against Real Madrid on Wednesday 24 February 2021 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy.  However, Atalanta put up a strong battle playing with 10 players since the 17th minute when Referee sent off Remo Freuler with a red card.  Real Madrid took 86 minutes to score the only goal of the match.  The qualification is still open.  The Second Leg will be played on Tuesday 16 March in Madrid.  Forza Atalanta!


Referee Tobias Stieler giving a red card to Remo Freuler in the 17th minute. Freuler with a foul on Ferland Mendy. This is not good for Atalanta remaining now with 10 players.

It took Real Madrid 86 minutes to break Atalanta. It is Ferland Mendy to defeat Atalanta goalkeeper with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by Luka Modric after a corner conceded by Rafael Toloi.

  • Stats before the game:  It is the first official match between Atalanta and Real Madrid.  Atalanta have only one precedent against Spanish team in European competitions; in the round of 16 last season, against Valencia, won by Atalanta with an aggregate result of 8-4.  Real Madrid have won all of their last 5 Champions League away matches against Italian teams (12 goals scored, 1 conceded), while in the previous 16 away games in Italy they had only 3 wins.  Atalanta, who reached the quarter-finals last season, are the first team to reach the Champions League knockout stage in both their first two tournaments since Sevilla did, in 2007/08 and 2009 / 10.  Real Madrid have scored in all of their last 19 games against Italian teams – the last Italian against which they have lost is Juventus, in November 2008 (0-2). Real Madrid have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League for the 24th consecutive season, the longest series in the history of the competition. The last time they failed to reach this stage was in 1996/97 – which was also the last season in which he did not take part in European competition.  Atalanta are the only team among the qualifiers for the round of 16 that have not yet won a home match in this Champions League season (2N, 1L).  None of Atalanta’s 15 Champions League matches ended with a goalless goal. Since the beginning of last season, Atalanta have scored 53 goals (27 in favor, 26 against), an average of 3.5 per game.

✅  Here is ATALANTA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Gian Piero Gasperini:

🏆👉 Lineup ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti; Maehle, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina; Zapata, Muriel.

🏆👉 Lineup REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Courtois; Vazquez, Varane, Nacho, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Isco, Vinicius Junior.

✅  Here is REAL MADRID official starting lineup – formation by Coach Zinedine Zidane:

🏆👉 Lineup REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Courtois; Vazquez, Varane, Nacho, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Isco, Vinicius Junior.

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Referee Tobias Stieler from Germany will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann (GER) and Assistant Referee 2: Eduard Beitinger (GER). The Fourth Official will be Sandro Schärer (SUI). The VAR will be Bastian Dankert (GER) and the AVAR will be Harm Osmers (GER). Referee Observer will be Martin Ingvarsson (SWE).

2020 – 2021 UEFA Champions League
Round of 16, First Leg

Atalanta – Real Madrid
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Gewiss Stadium
Bergamo, Italy

21:00

Referee: Tobias Stieler (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduard Beitinger (GER)
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer (SUI)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR: Harm Osmers (GER)
Referee Observer: Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

Goals:

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

🏆👉 Lineup ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti; Maehle, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina; Zapata, Muriel.

Subs: Rossi, Sportiello, Šutalo, Palomino, Lammers, Caldara, Malinovskyi, Ruggeri, Miranchuk, Iličić, Pašalić.

Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini

🏆👉 Lineup REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Courtois; Vazquez, Varane, Nacho, Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Isco, Vinicius Junior.

Subs: Lunin, Altube, Chust, Miguel, Arribas, Blanco, Diaz, Hugo, Duro

Coach:  Zinedine Zidane