Bergamaski, together with Ruslan Malinovsky, made more mistakes, which made it impossible for their further participation in the current UEFA competition.

The match in Bergamo for the local Atalanta, as the representatives of the Italian club themselves believed, ruined the removal of midfielder Remo Freuler already in the initial phase. “Goddess” later lost to Real Madrid with a minimum score of 0: 1, so she was forced to make plans for the return game, no longer the field of rivals in the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League, where she intended, by all means, not only to take revenge,.

Between the matches of this stage, the teams had a little less than a month at their disposal to put things in order in the domestic arena and prepare a worthy response to their opponents before the return game.. " Is that the team of Zinedine Zidane did not lose to their rival, in contrast to the charges of Gian Piero Gasperini, so the moral component of the Spanish team was at a slightly higher level.

At the same time, the French specialist managed to put his team on the rails of a game with three defenders in a relatively short period of time, and successfully applied the developments in the reporting game. In the first minutes, it could be said that it was difficult for Real to resist in such a formation to a team for which such an arrangement of players on the field is basic. Atalanta showed an aggressive start, and was even close to a quick goal: in the third minute, Gosens shot too weakly from the near corner of the goalkeeper, closing the serve from the left flank from Muriel.

You can get used to everything in this life, especially when rivals try to work according to a well-studied template.. So Real was no exception, and by the middle of the first half, he got the hang of overcoming the pressure of opponents through a couple of quick passes to advance. Vinicius and Benzema identified the first real threat in the 27th minute, but Jimcity managed to block the final blow of the Brazilian from the center of the penalty area. Remarkable is the fact that Atalanta herself could not cope with the similar behavior of rivals..

Sportiello made a mistake in the 34th minute when he tried to take the ball out of his own penalty area to the center of the field at an average height. Modric made an interception, moved back inside foreign possessions, and rolled to an empty net for Benzema.. By and large, for the guests this moment did not mean anything in terms of strategy for the game - for greater loyalty, they still needed to score at least two goals, but the psychology of the club from Bergamo suffered a significant blow.

Real Madrid calmly leveled ball control before the end of the first half, and safely went to the under-stands. Gasperini tried to change something by entering the field after Duvan Zapata's break, but with such a realization in front of Malinovsky, as the Colombian demonstrated, having failed to beat Courtois twice, it was pointless to count on success. At the same time, before the moment came for the Atalanta striker, his team missed one more goal - Toloy knocked Vinicius down on the border of the penalty area, after Ilicic's mistake in the center of the field, and Ramos confidently shot from the penalty spot to the left corner.

The fate of the match was practically decided, and the whole duel was even more so. Real Madrid attacked a lot in the end, but allowed the opponents to score a goal before scoring a third goal. Muriel took away from Malinovsky the right to execute a free kick from an advantageous position, and put the ball into the right nine, but already in the response attack Asensio closed the cross from the right flank from Vasquez. This was the final signal - both duels remained with Zidane's team..

Thus, in the quarterfinals of the current UEFA Champions League, this pair of teams will be represented by Real Madrid.

Real Madrid - Atalanta 3:

1 (first leg - 1: 0) Goals: Benzema, 34, Ramos, 60 (pen. ), Asensio, 82 - Muriel, 83 Real: Courtois - Vazquez, Varane, Ramos (Militan, 64), Nacho, Mendy - Valverde (Asensio, 82), Kroos, Modric - Benzema, Vinicius (Rodrigo, 69).

Atalanta: Sportiello - Toloi (Palomino, 61), Romero, Jimcity - Mehle, de Roon, Pessina (Caldara, 84), Gosens (Ilicic, 57) - Malinovsky, Pashalich (Zapata, 46) - Muriel (Miranchuk, 84).

Warnings: Valverde, Nacho, Kroos - Toloi.