Europa League: Owner rescues RB Leipzig against Atalanta

Thanks to an own goal of Atalanta Bergamos Davide Zappacosta, RB Leipzig can continue to dream of the first semi-final in the Europa League.

• Atalanta with more control and possession
• Several aluminum hits

The Italian football international achieved the 1-1 (0: 1) in the quarter-final first leg in the 58th minute the for his team unfortunate compensation, which has been unbeaten unprecedented the German vice master now eleven playing.

In front of 36,029 spectators, Luis Muriel (17th) had taken the guests with a magnificent Schlenzer, which will now go to the second leg in Lombardy for the coming Thursday with home advantage.

However, the strength of Atalanta lies on foreign places, which is already sufficiently documented this season. Even RB coach Domenico Tedesco had pointed out before the game.

With ten outward wages, Bergamo counts in this category at the top of Serie A, in which Europa League won the team in the two K.o playing before Leipzig also away.

Among others, the Italians Bayer Leverkusen had defeated in the secondary final. Given the home weakness Bergamos, RB, which was already in 2018 in the quarterfinals of the Europa League and failed to make Olympique Marseille, still hopes to make the semifinals.

Atalanta with more control and possession

From the kick-off, guests had more control over the game in the Leipzig Arena and more possession. Compared to victory at Borussia Dortmund, coach Domenico Tedesco had rebuilt his right defense side and brought Lukas Klostermann and Benjamin Henrichs for Mohamed Simakan and Nordi Mukiele. Bergamo apparently saw a weakness there - and found them too.

After a little exciting initial phase, Henrich's Muriel first left the penalty district alone, then the Colombian national player against Klostermann had a hook in the penalty area to have enough space for his throttle in the angle. Two minutes after the lead, Muriel came through the right side again, his shot rushed just just past the long post.

Only then does Leipzig be something and had the first big chance in a switching situation. After the ball of the ball in the construction of the Lombards, the ball landed at André Silva (24th), but the shot of the Portuguese clapped to the post. Afterwards, Bergamo continued to go back. Leipzig did not find a remedy against the improvised triple chain of the guests. There were missing in Captain Rafael Toloi and Berat Djimsi injured two family forces in the internal defense.

Several aluminum hits

Leipzig, on the other hand, was lucky enough for the break, when Mario Pasalic pushed over the right defense side into the penalty area. For the croats, the angle was ultimately to be sharp and his shot was just past the post.

Muriel did not get Leipzig on the handle, goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi (53.) saved in highest distress. Then it came to the enormous entertaining 58th minute. First, Silva spoke a faulerfeter caused at Christopher Nkunku, then Juan Musso parished the margin of Willi Orban Grandios. But the defense chief remained in the situation on the front and pressed Zappacosta in the following edge so that the Italian was a job.

Then Bergamo ran with anger in the stomach. The substitute Giorgio Scalvini (64.) Drosch the ball from six meters over the latte. TEUN Koopmeiners later hit a minute only the post. Defense chief Merih Demiral (73.) missed after a standard situation by head tighten the renewed lead. But also Leipzig still had the chance to victory: the substitute Dominik Szoboszai (82nd) met by head but only the post.