BERGAMO (ITALPRESS) – The match between Atalanta and Arsenal, a match valid for the first day of the new Champions League, ends 0-0. Good point for Gian Piero Gasperini’s team, after Sunday’s victory against Fiorentina, but some regret for the penalty missed by Retegui at the beginning of the second half. High rhythms, but above all intensity and suffocating man-to-man marking. Gasperini set up the usual European contest, preventing any kind of phrasing by the Londoners. The first and only chance of the first half came on a free kick but Carnesecchi intervened first on Saka, then on Partey’s shot, on the short rebound. Dea also struggled mightily, failing to develop the maneuver, only a conclusion by De Ketelaere, on Retegui’s bank, created problems for Raya. After a first half stingy with chances, it was Atalanta that had the big chance to unlock the match. Retegui missed a penalty kick in the second half (after a foul by Partey on Ederson): the Londoners’ goalkeeper was adept at rejecting the Italian-Argentine striker’s subsequent spot-kick header as well. A mistake that in fact affected the whole of the Nerazzurri’s second half, only Cuadrado – on his season debut – tried a conclusion from distance but without framing the goal mirror.
In Arsenal, Jorginho and Calafiori entered the field in the second half: a good performance by the Azzurri defender, who was often in the heart of the maneuver. Gasp’s team tried to raise the pace in the final minutes with a couple of balls placed in the small area, the guests, however, responded by raising the defensive wall even more: the orobici collect a good point in front of more than 22 thousand spectators, waiting for Monday’s challenge with Como, again at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo. In the next round of Champions the Nerazzurri will take on the Ukrainians of Shakhtar Donetsk: match scheduled for Wednesday, October 2 at 6:45 p.m.
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Bittersweet Champions for Atalanta, 0-0 against Arsenal
