The Goddess revived is not enough. Pasalic slows down Barcelona, direct round of 16 slips away
Blaugrana ahead with Yamal and then Araujo, Ederson and the Croatian respond twice. Gasperini stops just one step away from direct qualification: now there are the playoffs.

Zappacosta in azione su Lamine Yamal, la stellina blaugrana ha inferto un colpo che per la Dea poteva essere quello del ko
Atalanta leaves amidst applause at Montjuic, winning a spectacular 2-2 draw at home to Barcelona, a draw that is not enough to enter the top eight and directly access the round of 15, but confirms the high level European dimension of the Nerazzurri. Who close this first phase of the season with XNUMX points Champions.
First half of tactical dominance by Atalanta, with Pasalic to press De Jong to prevent him from building the game and the usual preventive man-marking. Barca plays on long throws to trigger Yamal's run on the right: the 17-year-old phenomenon in the eleventh minute produces a spectacular curling shot that goes just wide but it is the only real chance for the Blaugrana. La Dea, on the other hand, is dangerous from the left with the veteran's runs Zappa costa. From a run with a cross by the 32-year-old former Chelsea full-back comes the most dangerous opportunity, in the tenth minute, with a rebound by Balde from two steps that risks an own goal, avoided by an instinctive reflex by Szceszny. The Polish goalkeeper is again decisive in deflecting an angled shot by Retegui into a corner. In the 35th minute the usual Zappacosta on a touch by De Ketelaere also finds the goal but the VAR disallows it for offside. Only in injury time does the Catalans get their first shot on target, but Rapinha's conclusion is a phone call for Carnesecchi.
Resumed with the Barcelona who unlocked it after a minute and a half: a lightning counterattack opened by Lewandowski for Rapinha who escapes to the left and passes to the middle for the necessary Yamal who takes advantage of Carnesecchi's empty exit to skip past him and score in an empty net, also eluding Kolasinac. Atalanta reacts with a venomous counterattack by Pasalic but the usual Szceszny is reactive in the rebound. Barcelona close to doubling their lead again on the counterattack in the 59th minute, but Lewandowski stumbles two steps from the goal, and in the 62nd minute with Yamal blocked by a rebound by Carnesecchi.
0-2 avoidedAtalanta finds the equalizer in the 67th minute: fantastic play by Ederson, served by the usual Zappacosta, who skips past Gavi and unleashes the torpedo for the 1-1. The inertia seems to have passed to the Nerazzurri side but Barcelona starts pushing again and in the 72nd minute from a corner comes the incarnation of a very free Araujo forgotten by the Nerazzurri defense. The Goddess does not lose her composure and reacts. Gasperini changes the wingers to give more energy to the wings and in the 79th minute comes the deserved 2-2: a cross from the right by De Roon, great control by Pasalic who pierces Szceszny between two opponents. The final with the Goddess with ten men, having used up the substitutions, due to Scalvini's injury: it ends 2-2, a fair result. The Goddess leaves to the applause of its 2860 Bergamo fans.
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