Atalanta have made history qualifying for the last 16 stage of the Champions League for the second successive season. Italian media praise Matteo Pessina and Luis Muriel who netted the winner at Ajax.
The Colombian striker came off the bench to replace his compatriot Duvan Zapata after 79 minutes and scored the decisive goal six minutes later.
He is rated 7 by all the three Italian sports paper.
“Great impact, that was his classic goal,” writes La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Atalanta have made history qualifying for the last 16 stage of the Champions League for the second successive season. Italian media praise Matteo Pessina and Luis Muriel who netted the winner at Ajax.
The Colombian striker came off the bench to replace his compatriot Duvan Zapata after 79 minutes and scored the decisive goal six minutes later.
He is rated 7 by all the three Italian sports paper.
“Great impact, that was his classic goal,” writes La Gazzetta dello Sport.
The MVP of the Amsterdam Arena clash, however, was the Italian Matteo Pessina who “never gave the ball away,” comments La Gazzetta dello Sport.
The former Hellas Verona man is the man of the match also on Il Corriere dello Sport: “The smartest Atalanta player and Gasperini’s winning move, as happened in Liverpool.”
The Italian tactician is rated 7 by Il Corriere dello Sport and La Gazzetta dello Sport, 7,5 by Tuttosport.
Check out the Italian newspapers’ player ratings from Ajax-Atalanta.
La Gazzetta dello Sport:
Atalanta: Gollini 7; Toloi 6.5, Romero 7, Djimsiti 5.5; Hateboer 6, De Roon 6.5, Freuler 7; Gosens 6 (Palomino 79 N/A); Gomez 6.5, Pessina 7.5; Duvan Zapata 5.5 (Muriel 79 7)
Il Corriere dello Sport:
Atalanta:Gollini 7; Toloi 6, Romero 7, Djimsiti 5.5; Hateboer 6, De Roon 6, Freuler 7; Gosens 6 (Palomino 79 N/A); Gomez 6, Pessina 7.5; Duvan Zapata 5.5 (Muriel 79 7)
Tuttosport:
Atalanta:Gollini 6.5; Toloi 7, Romero 7, Djimsiti 6.5; Hateboer 6.5, De Roon 6.5, Freuler 6.5; Gosens 6 (Palomino 79 6); Gomez 6.5, Pessina 7; Duvan Zapata 6 (Muriel 79 7)