Kick-off at 21.00. Caldara, Hateboer and Pasalic won the ballots. Mbappé starts from the bench
The formation choices of Gian Piero Gasperini and Thomas Tuchel for the match at the Da Luz stadium are official. In the 11th titular of the Parisians there is not Paredes, but Kimbembe; at this point Marquinhos will play in midfield.
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Atalanta, the official line-up
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(3-4-2-1) – Sportiello; Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Gomez, Pasalic; Zapata. Available: Rossi, Gelmi, Palombino, Sutalo, Bellanova, Castagne, Czyborra, Da Riva, Colley, Malinovskyi, Piccoli and Muriel. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
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Psg, the official training
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(4-3-3) – Jesus Navas; Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat; Herrera, Marquinhos, Gueye; Sarabia, Icardi, Neymar. Available: Rico (P), Bulka (P), Mbappé, Paredes, Choupo-Moting, Diallo, Draxler, Bakker, Kalimuendo-Muinga, Dagba, Ruiz-Atil e Mbe Soh. Coach: Thomas Tuchel.
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The push of the Swede Stromberg
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Atalanta and Lisbon, many good memories for Stromberg who spoke like this on the official website of the Bergamo team: “Here we won the Cup Winners’ Cup semifinal against Sporting. It was an incredible ride. We were in Serie B and we reached the semifinal in a European cup “. Whatever happens, Atalanta will also be in the Champions League next season. “Atalanta surprised me more in the past. Now, however, it seems normal to me to see them at these levels. They are now a well-known team in Europe, I also notice it from the comments of colleagues from other countries. They begin to get scared and think that this team can to achieve something great. I honestly think so too “. The Swede does not rule out the possibility that Gasperini’s team will complete the feat: “Atalanta is not here by chance, they have found great continuity in performance. And anything can happen in a dry match.”
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Before the match
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Finally for theAtalanta the most awaited day has arrived. The Nerazzurri await these quarter-finals of Champions League for 5 months, or since they have eliminated Valencia in the round of 16 winning first 4-1 at San Siro and then 4-3 at Mestalla. The Covid-19 emergency has also put this football dream on hold and forced Uefa to change the formula of competitions. The Nerazzurri hope to continue to be the surprise of this Champions League, and also to take advantage of the opportunity to face a big player like the PSG in a dry match and on a neutral field. Gasperini’s guys believe it and they didn’t hide on the eve: they want to play this match and not simply be the French sparring partners. Atalanta seen in this second half of the season showed their muscles and closed for the second consecutive year in third place in Serie A, even reaching the point of caressing the dream of fighting for the title. only set in the 90th minute of the match against Juventus. The PSG that will take the field this evening will certainly be more rested or less trained, depending on your point of view, given that they have only played two official matches in the last 5 months: the two cup finals in France, both won against St. Etienne and Lyon. The PSG seen in these two games did not completely convince, on the contrary, but it is clear that tonight Tuchel’s boys will pull their nails out to pursue once again what for them has been a declared goal for several years now: the Champions League.
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Atalanta, the probable formation
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(3-4-2-1) – Sportiello; Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Gomez, Pasalic; Zapata. Available: Rossi, Gelmi, Palombino, Sutalo, Bellanova, Castagne, Czyborra, Da Riva, Colley, Malinovskyi, Piccoli and Muriel. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
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Psg, the probable formation
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(4-3-3) – Jesus Navas; Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Bernat; Herrera, Paredes, Gueye; Sarabia, Icardi, Neymar. Available: Rico, Bulka, Kimpebe, Diallo, Mbe Soh, Pembele, Bakker, Dagba, Draxler, Choupo-Moting, Kalimuendo, Kays Ruiz e Mbappé. Coach: Thomas Tuchel.
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Statistics and precedents
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Obviously this challenge between Atalanta and PSG represents an absolute novelty. La Dea, in all its history, has only once faced a French team, Lyon, in the group stage of the 2017/18 Europa League: the Bergamo team drew 1-1 in France and won 1-0 at home. PSG, on the other hand, will also take the field to dispel a taboo since it has never won against an Italian team in the Champions League: up to now there have been 4 draws and 2 defeats. The Parisians have not played a quarter-final since the 2015/16 season and have not passed this round since 1994/95, when they were eliminated in the semifinals by Milan (0-3 aggregate). This is precisely the only precedent against an Italian team in the knockout phase of the big-eared cup.
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