Duván and Muriel, discreet level in Atalanta’s draw against Midtjylland

The harmony to attack that Atalanta has accustomed us to was not this afternoon at the Gewiss Stadium. The team of the three Colombians suffered against Midtjylland who took the lead in the 13th minute with a good goal from Scholz. The tie for the Italians came through another center-back, Cristian Romero, who beat Hansen with a header to put the final 1-1 (78 ‘) and that allows them to be second in Group D with 8 points. They will define next Wednesday in the Netherlands with Ajax to meet the other classified for the next phase.

Atalanta imprecise in attack and Midtjylland charged

The Danes went up at 13 ‘with a goal from Scholz after a good play that they managed to put together after a still ball that was not well rejected by the locals and they suffered the first goal, after Atalanta started looking for Hansen’s goal, where The Colombian duo had already missed a goal at Duván’s feet, after Muriel’s assistance.

Atalanta launched into an equalizer, but the Danes thickened their defensive zone to prevent balls from reaching Zapata’s feet clearly. At 20 ‘Papu enabled Muriel who tried to beat his marker, but ended up losing possession inside the area. The Colombians are imprecise.

Midtjylland after having the lead on the scoreboard was smart to hold the lead. He attacked little, but each time he did, he complicated the local defense. At 30 ‘they had another clear shot again on the still ball, this time, the charge was in front of almost 30 meters and Sportiello controlled without problem.

The last minutes of the first half were for the visit that returned to look for the goal of Atalanta with plays on the sides where Mabil, Dreyer and Kaba, were the most insistent to overcome the defense of the premises. Duván and Muriel’s first half in which they were uncomfortable and without power to finish off the plays.

Romero, a central gave Atalanta the tie

Gasperini decided to take out Papu and put Ilicic in to seek more presence in the last quarter of the court and cover the width of the field leaving the Slovenian on the right, Muriel on the left and Duván in the center. Although the Colombian couple rotated the position. The Danes decided to advance their lines a little and thus balanced the game more in the middle of the field so as not to play so close to their goalkeeper.

Midtjylland narrowly increased the lead in the 62nd minute after a corner charge in which Atalanta’s defense was unable to reject and almost Kaba’s cue entered, however, it was rejected by the crossbar. At 67 ‘Muriel left for Traoré and the 18-year-old forward tried to get together with Duván, but the lack of minutes together was noted, in several they stayed waiting for the ball from each other.

The Danes fell back after 75 minutes and defended themselves well. Furthermore, Atalanta’s imprecision generated little risk on the goal defended by Hansen. However, they found the tie when Romero, being central, went on the attack and with a good header he beat the goalkeeper of the visit who could do nothing (78 ‘).

What’s coming for Atalanta

The team of three Colombians (Duván, Muriel and Mojica) will have to play this weekend for the 10th date of Serie A they will visit Udinese (Sunday, December 6, 9:00 am); while, will define his future in the Champions League next Wednesday when he visits Ajax from the Netherlands from 3 in the afternoon and fight for his place in the next phase of the continental tournament.