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59% Ball Possession ATALANTA and 41% Ball POSSESSION RAKOW
Atalanta 2 – 0 Raków Czestochowa 
49′ Charles De Ketelaere
66′ Éderson
🏆👉 Atalanta won the UEFA Europa League Group Stage game on Thursday 21 September 2023 at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, Italy. Atalanta beat Raków Czestochowa without too many problems on the first day of the group stage.. Charles De Ketelaere scored first and then Ederson grabbing a 2-0 victory. First position immediately conquered and the lead goes to the championship.
In the next game, Atalanta will face Sporting Lisbon, while Rakow will have to deal with Sturm Graz.
This is the first ever meeting between Atalanta and Raków Czestochowa in a European competition: in general, La Dea has never faced a Polish team in Europe. Raków Czestochowa have never played in a major European competition before this edition of the UEFA Europa League – Atalanta will also be the first Italian team to face a European match (20 previous qualifying matches).
Atalanta opened the score in the 49th minute. It is Charles De Ketelaere to defeat Raków Czestochowa goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Davide Zappacosta
👉 Atalanta 1 – 0 Raków, 49th minute, ⚽️ goal by Charles De Ketelaere for @Atalanta_BC with a headed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Davide Zappacosta . https://t.co/8mtMKQ7vNS
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 21, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
Atalanta doubled in the 66th minute. Éderson scored with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Matteo Ruggeri.
👉 Atalanta 2 – 0 Raków, 66th minute, ⚽️ goal by Éderson for @Atalanta_BC with a headed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Matteo Ruggeri. https://t.co/vjGNCd256V
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 21, 2023
Sensational 😍🔥 💙🖤
📸 @Caroll1947 pic.twitter.com/d1GyYgcFrY— Atalanta BC News (@AtalantaBC_News) September 21, 2023
✅ Stats before the game: This will be only the second time ever for Atalanta in the UEFA Europa League group stage: in the first, they won their group and remained unbeaten, in 2017/18 (W4, D2), winning all three home games. Raków Czestochowa will be the 28th different Polish team to compete in a major European competition and the first Polish debutant team since Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski in 2003/04. The last Polish team to win their first ever match in a major European competition was Arka Gdynia, against Beroe Stara Zagora in the 1979/80 Cup Winners’ Cup. Between the Europa League and the Champions League, Atalanta remained unbeaten on the first day of the group stage in three of the four matches (2W, 1D), the only defeat in this match was against Dinamo Zagreb in September 2019 (0- 4).
Atalanta did not score in their most recent match in European competition (0-2 against RB Leipzig in the Europa League quarter-finals in April 2022), after having scored 23 goals in their previous 12 matches.
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⚫️🔵 📺 Click the video to watch Atalanta 2 – 0 Raków Czestochowa highlights on Thursday 21 September 2023
The Gewiss Stadium ready for Atalanta vs Rakow
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 🇪🇺🔥@EuropaLeague #UEL #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/Mzjc5Lebcs
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) September 21, 2023
Arrivati a casa 🏠
Nerazzurri in the place 🏟️#UEL #AtalantaRakow #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/1adHHZVKiW
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) September 21, 2023
👥 Questi gli 11 per la prima di @EuropaLeague!
⚡️ Here’s how we line up to face Raków!#AtalantaRakow #UEL #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/hF1im9qIhm
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) September 21, 2023
It’s show time, folks 🎤#AtalantaRakow #UEL #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/GHCuqxqq6m
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) September 21, 2023
👉First half is over. Atalanta 0 – 0 Raków
⚽️ Goals: None
🟨 Booked: 32′ Marten de Roon (A)
Corners: Atalanta 8, Rakow 0
✍ Ball Possession: 63% @Atalanta_BC and 37% @Rakow1921
@TheCalcioGuys @AtalantaBC_News @SerieASitdown @AtalantaBCIndia https://t.co/5fbL6o60He
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 21, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
👉Result Atalanta 2 – 0 Raków Czestochowa
⚽️ Goals: 49′ Charles De Ketelaere, 66′ Éderson
🟨 Booked: 2′ Marten de Roon (A)
✍ Ball Possession: 59% @Atalanta_BC and 41% @Rakow1921
✅ https://t.co/IX2J6S932H@TheCalcioGuys @SerieASitdown @AtalantaBC_News @AtalantaBCIndia https://t.co/xRfGLw6ocE
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) September 21, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/Atalanta_BC
2023 – 2024 UEFA Europa League
Group Stage
Atalanta 2 – 0 Raków Czestochowa
Thursday 21 September 2023
Gewiss Stadium
Bergamo, Italy
21:00
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber ISR
Assistant Referee 1: Sagi Metzamber ISR
Assistant Referee 2: Matityahu Yakobov ISR
Fourth Official: Idan Leiba ISR
VAR: Marco Fritz GER
AVAR: Ivan Bebek CRO
Referee Observer: Edward Foley IRL
Goals: 49′ Charles De Ketelaere (A), 66′ Éderson (A)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup Atalanta: Musso, Toloi, Djimsiti, Scalvini, Zappacosta (Holm 76), de Roon (Éderson 62), Koopmeiners, Ruggeri, De Ketelaere (Bakker 92), Muriel (Miranchuk 62), Lookman (Pašalić 76).
Substitutes: Carnesecchi, Rossi, Palomino, Zortea, Kolašinac, Adopo, Hateboer.
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
👉 Lineup Raków Czestochowa: V. Kovacevic, Racovitan, A. Kovacevic, Rundic, Sorescu, Papanikolaou, Berggren, Plavsic (Jean Carlos 79), Kochergin (Cebula 61), Zwolinski (Crnac 71), Yeboah (Kittel 61).
Substitutes: Tsiftsis, Lederman, Nowak, Piasecki.
Coach: Dawid Szwarga.