🏆👉 Here are AC MILAN official called up players by Coach Stefano Pioli for the Champions League Group Stage Group B Matchday 1 game Liverpool vs AC Milan on Wednesday 15 September 2021 at Anfield Road in Liverpool, England at 21:00.
Polish Referee Szymon Marciniak will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL). The Fourth Official will be Tomasz Musial (POL). The VAR will be Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL) and the AVAR will beBastian Dankert (GER). Referee Observer will be Lutz Michael Fröhlich (GER).
Atalanta battling and grabbing a draw in the Champions League Group Stage Group F Matchday 1 game against Villarreal on Tuesday 14 September 2021 at the Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, Spain. Atalanta saving a point in a rollercoaster after leading the game then losing it, until the end managed to equalize in the 83rd minute to draw for the 2-2. This is a golden away point.
Stats before the game. This will be the first ever European match between Villarreal and Atalanta, while the Spanish team have lost three of their four Champions League matches against Italian opponents (1W), losing once to Inter in 2006 and two to Napoli in phase a 2011/12 groups. For the third consecutive season of the Champions League, Atalanta face a Spanish team, although the previous meetings have all taken place in the round of 16: two wins and an 8-4 aggregate over Valencia in 2019/20, two defeats and a 1 -4 overall against Real Madrid last season. Atalanta are participating in their third edition of the Champions League and have passed their group in each of the previous two (2019/20 and 2020/21), finishing second on both occasions and, in 2019/20, becoming one of only two teams in the history of the Champions League to lose the first three games of the group and pass anyway, together with Newcastle in 2002/03 (second group stage). Villarreal are looking for their first home win in the Champions League since October 2008, the year in which they won 6-3 against the Danes of Aalborg.
Atalanta opening the score in the 6th minute. It is Remo Freuler to defeat Villarreal goalkeeper Rulli with a right footed shot to the center.
Villarreal equalizing for the 1-1 in the 39th minute. Manu Trigueros defeating Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Musso with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Alfonso Pedraza.
OUCHHHHH
Villarreal equalizing for the 1-1 … let’s not give up @Atalanta_BC we are all cheering for you guys, forza ATALANTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA https://t.co/JRQlEbuJ79
Villarreal taking the lead in the 73rd minute with the goal by Arnaut Danjuma.
Villarreal 2 – 1 Atalanta, 73rd minute, Villarreal taking the lead with the goal by Arnaut Danjuma with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Gerard Moreno. https://t.co/sSauUhBG4Whttps://t.co/dw5Xx99u2i
Atalanta reacting and equalized for the 2-2- in the 83rd minute. Robin Gosens adding light to the game scoring with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Aleksey Miranchuk. Gosens has scored each of his three Champions League goals in away matches, in the second half.
📺 Click the video to watch Villarreal 2 – 2 Atalanta highlights on Tuesday 14 September 2021
French Referee Clement Turpin will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA) and Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA). The Fourth Official will be Jeremie Pignard (FRA). The VAR will be Jerôme Brisard (FRA) and the AVAR will be Stephanie Frappart (FRA). The Referee Observer will be Alain Hamer (LUX)
¡Y este es el 1️⃣1️⃣ inicial del Submarino ante el @Atalanta_BC!
Mission accomplished for Juventus redeeming themselves after having a bad start in the Serie A. Juventus win the Champions League Group Stage Group F Matchday 1 game defeating Malmo on Tuesday 14 September 2021 at the Malmö New Stadium in Malmo. The last time Juventus won their first seasonal game in an European competition was back in 2010 (EL Qualifying).
Stats before the game. Malmö and Juventus will meet for the third time in a European competition, this being the second time they both participate in the same Champions League group. Juventus won both home and away victories against the Swedish team in the 2014-15 season. Juventus have never lost to a Swedish side in European competition, winning three times and drawing one of their previous four games, including three wins in their last three. Massimiliano Allegri will direct his first Champions League match since April 2019, when his Juventus were eliminated by Ajax in the quarter-finals. Allegri has won 54% of his games leading Juventus in the competition: only Fabio Capello (60%) has a higher win rate among managers with more than 10 games leading the Old Lady in the competition. Malmö have only scored three goals in their last 10 Champions League games, without scoring in eight of those. Meanwhile, the Swedish side have conceded a total of 34 goals in these 10 matches, averaging 3.4 per game. Juventus have lost just one of their last 11 away matches in the Champions League group stage (8W, 2N), with that one defeat against Young Boys in the 2018-19 season. Juve have won each of the last five away games of the group stage, scoring at least two goals in each of them.
Juventus opening the score in the 23rd minute. It is Alex Sandro to defeat Malmo goalkeeper Diawara with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Rodrigo Bentancur.Great for Bentancur delivered tonight his first Champions League assist, after 27 appearances in the competition.
Referee giving a penalty to Juventus. It is forward Paulo Dybala “La Joya” to convert the penalty with a left footed shot. The penalty is conceded by Lasse Nielsen.
📺 Click the video to watch Malmo 0 – 3 Juventus highlights on Tuesday 14 September 2021
French Referee Clement Turpin will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA) and Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA). The Fourth Official will be Jeremie Pignard (FRA). The VAR will be Jerôme Brisard (FRA) and the AVAR will be Stephanie Frappart (FRA). The Referee Observer will be Alain Hamer (LUX)
Here are Malmo vs Juventus official starting lineups – formations for the Champions League Group Stage Group F Matchday 1 game on Tuesday 14 September 2021 at the Malmö New Stadium in Malmo.
🏆👉Lineup JUVE (4-4-2): Szczesny; Danilo, De Ligt, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Locatelli, Rabiot; Dybala, Morata.
Portuguese Referee Artur Soares Dias will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Rui Barbosa (POR) and Assistant Referee 2: Paulo Soares (POR). The Fourth Official will be Hugo Moreira (POR). The VAR will be Joao Pinheiro (POR) and the AVAR will be Luis Godinho (POR). The Referee Observer will be Tomasz Mikulski (POL).
By Anna Italia
