Sporting-Atalanta on TV, probable lineups and timetable. Where to watch the Europa League round of 16

Bologna, 5 March 2024 – Atalanta will have to rediscover its proverbial intensity in Europe. The triptych of matches in the championship, all close, did not bear important results with the defeats against Inter and Bologna and the difficult draw with the Milan, but now it resumesEuropa League and the Goddess will face a known opponent because they have already faced it successfully in the group stage. We start on Wednesday 6 March with the first leg of the round of XNUMX match Lisbon against Sporting of Amorim, beaten at home in October at the end of an authoritative performance. On the return leg, however, it was one by one but the result did not jeopardize the first place of the Dea who missed the play-off round. From now on we get serious, we can no longer give up and at most Atalanta can even hope to go all the way. The problem for Gasperini's team is that with the injury time against Inter scheduled for February 28th, the calendar has intensified considerably and with all tough opponents, not least the Bologna who came from behind against Gewiss.

Probable lineups

Both teams should play with an odd number defense. The Portuguese will take the field with the 3-4-3 and it is above all from midfield up that Amorim's team can be scary. In the middle, for example, there is the former Lecce Hjulmand, a man of direction but also of incursions, then also pay attention to the wingers Esgaio and Santos, while up front the pair of wingers formed by Concalves and Edwards are very fearsome, with the tip gyokeres offensive terminal. In Atalanta, the condition of the team needs to be assessed after a difficult tour de force with Milan, Inter and Bologna, two defeats and a draw, but Gasperini should rely on the starting players with Scalvini, Djimsiti and Kolasinac behind, De Roon and Ederson central in midfield , Ruggeri and Holm on the wing. In front of The Ketelaere first tip with koopmeiners e Lookman to support.

Sporting (3-4-3): Israel; Quaresma, Matheus Reis, Coates; Esgaio, Bragança, Hjulmand, Santos; Edwards, Gyokeres, Goncalves. All. Amorim

Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Holm, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners; Lookman, De Ketelaere. All. Gasperini

Previous

Lo Sporting it is the most faced team in European competitions in the history of the Club, as reported by the official website of the Dea. In fact, there are already seven precedents with the Portuguese. The result sees the Nerazzurri leading with three victories against two defeats and as many draws. The first match of this season was played last October 5th in Lisbon and Portugal won 2-1 thanks to goals from Scalvini e Ruggeri, while he had scored for the home team gyokeres on a penalty kick. The return match at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo was played on 30 November and ended in a draw 1-1 (scored Chess for the Nerazzurri and Edwards for the guests), a result that had guaranteed direct qualification to the round of 63. Sporting then qualified by overcoming the Swiss Young Boys in the play-off round. In addition to the two matches in the Group Phase, the previous matches were both played in the Cup Winners' Cup. The story begins in 64/2 in the first participation in a European competition: the Nerazzurri won 0-XNUMX in the first leg in Bergamo with goals from Calvanese e Domenghini, 3-1 defeat in Portugal (with a goal by Christensen) and, with the same result, in the play-off in Barcelona (scored Nova). The second in the quarter-finals of the 87/88 edition with the Nerazzurri qualifying (2-0 victory with a penalty Nicoli and goals by Cantarutti in Bergamo and a 1-1 draw in Lisbon with Cantarutti again scoring).

The words of the technicians

The two coaches know each other, they have already faced each other in the group stage, where Atalanta dominated in Portugal while a better prepared Sporting emerged in the return leg. The words of Amorim on the eve: “We are two teams that make the opponent run and we know we are facing a physical team - his analysis - Let's say that we know their way of playing well and it would have been difficult to prepare an opponent you don't know in such a short time. For the rest, I think Atalanta is one of the favorites to win the Europa League." Amorim then he reviews the two matches of the group stage: "In Lisbon we adapted, but in the return match it was different and now we are prepared - again the Portuguese coach - Atalanta played a series of quality matches against Inter, Milan and Bologna and this physically gives you a lot of respect for our Portuguese championship. They faced teams also prepared to win in Europe."

Gasperini instead he will not have the opportunity to work on the match in a calendar that is too compressed and with many high-level matches. Gasp thinks like this: “We are playing close matches and all of them at a high level in too compressed a period, the match against Inter was inserted in the middle of important matches and it is a situation that we would not have wanted to find - his words - The problem of the match against Sporting is that we will face it almost without having prepared it. They are very strong and they were already strong five months ago and in this period they have consolidated. But now we start again and we will have to be ready"

TV schedules

The match between Sporting Lisbon and Atalanta will be played on Wednesday 6 March at 18.45pm at the Josè Alvalade stadium in Lisbon. UEFA had to bring the match forward by a day because Benfica-Rangers is also played at the same time on Thursday and the two stadiums are very close, which is why two different days were chosen. The match will be visible for a fee on Sky Sport channels, in particular 201 and 251, and in streaming on Sky Go, Now TV and Dazn. On Sky commentary will be entrusted to Davide Polizzi and Fernando Orsi, while on Dazn there will be Pierluigi Pardo.

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