Ademola Lookman has hit back at his own Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini, accusing the Atalanta boss of making “deeply disrespectful” comments following their Champions League exit. Lookman made his return from injury as a half-time substitute in Atalanta’s Champions League play-off second leg with Club Brugge. The winger came on when they were 5-1…
Atalanta have work to do in the second leg of their Champions League knockout round play-off tie against Club Brugge. La Dea seemed destined to secure a 1-1 draw away in Bruges last Wednesday after Mario Pasalic cancelled out Ferran Jutgla’s opener, but a highly contentious penalty decision late on allowed the hosts to claim…
Club Brugge will entertain Atalanta at Jan Breydel Stadium in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout round playoffs on Wednesday. The visitors narrowly missed out on direct qualification to the last 16, finishing ninth in the league phase standings. Brugge, meanwhile, finished 24th in the standings at the end of the league…
Atalanta visit Bruges for the first leg of their Champions League play-off against Club Brugge on Wednesday evening. Gian Piero Gasperini’s side ranked among the more impressive teams in the league phase, losing just once, but three draws meant they missed out on a desired top eight berth by a mere point. Their 2-2 draw…
AC Milan and Atalanta slipped out of the automatic qualifying places for the Champions League round of 16 tonight as Aston Villa and Lille replaced them in the top eight. Milan started the day in sixth place but went down 2-1 at Dinamo Zagreb. Martin Baturina’s 19th-minute goal put the hosts in front and the…
Michael Oliver, fresh from his controversial performance on Saturday, has been named the referee for Barcelona’s Champions League game with Atalanta on Wednesday night. The Newcastle official sent off Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly at Molineux for a challenge on Wolves full-back Matt Doherty as he surged away from his own penalty area. Oliver deemed the challenge…
Denzel Dumfries struck twice inside 13 second-half minutes as Inter Milan ended Atalanta’s 16-match unbeaten run against Italian opponents to reach the 2024 Supercoppa Italiana final at Riyadh’s Al-Awwal Park. After Dumfries’ acrobatic close-range volley opened the scoring in the 49th minute at the home of six-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, the wideman…
