Valencia faces an extreme mission. If the 4-1 defeat in the first leg in San Siro against Atalanta reduced the options of Albert Celades' team to move to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the obligation to play the game back behind closed doors by the Coronavirus crisis has greatly worsened the scenario of the Spanish ensemble.
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23'47 '' - We have overcome the equator of a first period where we have already seen two goals, one for each team. Promising goals as we anticipated, the chances come to dropper and, that is why, Valencia must have patience although it still has the task of scoring three goals with the task that now a goal of Atalanta would be worth double and would be lethal for its future in this UCL.
03/10/2020 21:29
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21'00 '' - ¡GOOOOOOOL DEL VALENCIAAAAAAAAAA !!!! PACK KEVIN GAMEIRO !!!! Valencia - Atalanta (1-1). Rodrigo Moreno drove through the center. He went deeper looking for the Frenchman who left in doubtful position (in fact he has had to be verified by the VAR), so that after a failed clearance by José Luis Palomino let the former Sevilla and Atlético de Madrid dead to not forgive Sportiello and Score his fifth goal in the Champions League, the first with Valencia.
03/10/2020 21:27
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21'00 '' - Goal Kevin Gameiro
03/10/2020 21:21
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13'25 '' - When Valencia has the ball, the Italian team knows how to fold and gather lines. Francis Coquelin is embedded in the center of the field watching backs and both Dani Parejo and Geoffrey Kondogbia advance their position a little more by generating a traffic jam that makes both circulation and the search for holes very complicated.
03/10/2020 21:17
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10'16 '' - Despite the occasions that Valencia has enjoyed, it is the Atalanta de Bergamo who has control of the situation, at least try to play side by side in the face of the persecution of Valencian players who they try to overcome, perhaps in a very muddy way, what has been the second earliest goal received by Valencia in the history of the Champions League. The first was before the Shakhtar and was marked to one Santiago Cañizares.
03/10/2020 21:16
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03'00 '' - GALOOOOOOOL ATOLANTA !!!!!! JOOIP ILICIC GOOOOOOOOOL !!!!!! Valencia - Atalanta (0-1). The Balkan has thrown him horrible, to the center and satin. He has embedded the networks and Jasper Cillessen, who is not very good at penalties, has defeated to his right. They get very ugly things for Valencians.
03/10/2020 21:08
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03'00 '' - Penalty goal Josip Iličić
03/10/2020 21:05
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03'00 '' - Penalty goal Josip Iličić
03/10/2020 21:04
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Everything prepared in Mestalla. The anthem of the Champions League has sounded. There is no one in the stadium but the children are waving the mega-flag in the center of the field. 16 degrees mild temperature. The Atalanta has jumped to the pitch with white pants. The referee of the match will be the Romanian Ovidiu Hategan with the Polish Pawel Gil in the VAR. We believe in the miracle.
03/10/2020 21:04
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Therefore, Atalanta will be formed by (1-3-4-3) with Sportiello in the goal. Defense of three with Berat Djimsiti, Mattia Caldara and José Luis Palomino in defense. Midfield with Marten De Roon and Remo Freuler. Lanes for Hateboer and Gosens. And the lead, very dangerous, with Papu Gómez, Mario Pasalic and Josip Ilicic.
03/10/2020 21:02
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So, Albert Celades is played with 1-4-4-2 and repeating the spine regarding the first leg. That is, Jasper Cillessen in goal. Daniel Wass, Diakhaby, Coquelin and José Gayá in defense. Dani Parejo and Geoffrey Kondogbia on the handle, supported by Ferrán Torres and Carlos Soler (scorer Cheryshev stays on the bench). Above, the cited pair of Kevin Gameiro and Rodrigo Moreno.
03/10/2020 20:55
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And this match comes in a delicate situation for Valencia who, after a victory of the last seven games (in his last home league match against Real Betis), is out of European positions. An elimination here today could be the trigger for many problems for Anil Murthy and Peter Lim.
03/10/2020 20:50
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The Mediterranean team has no choice but to risk, and has as references both Deportivo de La Coruña that in 2004 managed to eliminate Milan in a dream night in Riazor and Barcelona that in 2017 achieved the impossible against PSG with Aytekin as the main witness
03/10/2020 20:44
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Opposite will be the daring team of Bergamo whose presence in a football match is synonymous with goals. If it reaches the quarterfinals, the "Gli Orobici" will become the first Italian debutante team in the Champions League to reach that round since Lazio in 1999-00, a team that was eliminated precisely by Valencia.
03/10/2020 20:42
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Received by 2000 Valencians at the door of the stadium, the team that wants to appeal to the heroic to try to overcome the 4-1 that the Italians endorsed in the first leg and thus be able to qualify for the quarterfinals for the fifth time in its history , the first since 2007 when José Mourinho's Chelsea crossed his path.
03/10/2020 20:37
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Hello, good afternoon to all football fans and welcome to the second round of the Champions League. Next, we will offer live the match between Valencia and Atalanta with the main incentive that is played behind closed doors as a preventive measure of the Government of Spain against Coronavirus.
03/10/2020 20:34
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Confirmed line ups on both teams. The protagonists jump to the field to start the warm-up exercises
03/10/2020 20:10
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