Real-Atalanta: the probable formations and where to see them | The direct

Kick-off at 21. It restarts from 0-1 in Bergamo (goal by Mendy), gained in the final of a match deeply conditioned by the red to Freuler

A fact that feeds hope: Real Madrid comes from two consecutive eliminations from the knockout stages of the Champions League. A fact that keeps everyone on the andante pragmatism: the Blancos against the Italian teams have scored 123 goals in 77 games, with an average of 1.5 goals. Too many for those like Atalanta who have to overturn the 0-1 home game. Yet, within these cold numbers, a very hot wind of honest optimism is blowing. Because whatever happens, Gian Piero Gasperini’s team will receive applause and congratulations. Zinedine Zidane said on the eve that “the best Real will be needed to beat this Atalanta. In football there is no tranquility. We will have to play a great game to go through, it will not be enough to play at 90-95% but we will have to bring out the best because they they have the team to win. ” And they are not words glazed with education and respect, but galvanized into an awareness that quickly matured with the first leg challenge.

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Eve and tactics

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And at Atalanta there is no risk of leaning too far from the balcony of enthusiasm. There is no public or even the suffocating presence of the Bernabeu. It is played in the Valdebebas Park, in the stadium named after Alfredo di Stéfano who does not trigger dangerous thoughts just looking at him. “We have ambitious intentions against an opponent of absolute value – Gasperini told the coward -. Let’s try to stay in the game as long as possible: we will not distort our way of playing”. We believe him, it has always been like this and it would not be logical to distort himself in the face of Real’s majestic history. The most interesting intersections will be center-forward: Benzema against Romero and Zapata against Ramos. But be careful to think that everything is decided there.

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Real Madrid, the probable formation

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(3-5-2): Courtois; Varane, Sergio Ramos, Nacho; L. Vazquez, Modric, Kroos, Valverde, Mendy; Benzema, Rodrygo. Available: Altube, Lunin, Militao, Marcelo, Asensio, Isco, Vinicius, Hugo Duro. Coach: Zidane.

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Atalanta, the probable formation

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(3-4-1-2): Sportiello; Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti; Maehle, De Roon, Pessina, Gosens; Pasalic; Zapata, Muriel. Available: Gollini, Rossi, Caldara, Palomino, Ruggeri, Ghislandi, Malinovskyi, Miranchuk, Lammers, Ilicic. Coach: Gasperini.

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Where to see it on TV

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Real Madrid-Atalanta will be broadcast on Sky Sport Uno (201 on the satellite decoder, 472 and 482 on digital terrestrial) and Sky Sport (252 on satellite). The match will also be broadcast unencrypted on Channel 5.

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