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Jakarta –
Atalanta drew against Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League. La Dea is happy to have the opportunity to fight against the Spanish League champions.
Atalanta began to show consistency by appearing in the Champions League. Participating in two consecutive seasons, the Bergamo team also qualified for the round of 16.
Last season, Atalanta reached the quarter-finals, before finally running aground at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain. In this season, the hope of repeating the achievements of last season is clearly more difficult.
The reason is that they have to fight against Madrid, a team that has not been absent in the knockout stages of the Champions League in the last two decades. Don’t forget that Los Blancos owns the ‘big ears’ strategy, which was last won in 2018.
But Atalanta was really happy to be able to fight Sergio Ramos et al. For La Dea, meeting a team with a great track record in the Champions League like Madrid is clearly a source of pride.
“Real Madrid is a fantastic team, it is part of the history of world football,” Atalanta president Antonio Percassi told SportItalia, quoted by Football Italia.
“The meeting will be an extraordinary experience for us and we are clearly delighted to have a world-class match.”
“It is a great pride for us to qualify again for the knockout stages of the Champions League (after last season). We want to make a good impression, that’s important when it comes to big clubs (like Madrid),” he explained .
The first leg of Atalanta vs Real Madrid will take place on February 25, 2021 in Bergamo, and Madrid will take turns hosting the second leg to be played on March 17, 2021.
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