In the first match of the UEFA Europa League Round of 16, two strong teams Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen shared their trump cards. In the match where 5 goals were scored and returned to the goal duel, the surviving side was the Italian representative.
Atalanta’s goals came from Malinovskyi and Muriel (2). Aranguiz and Diaby recorded Leverkusen’s scores.
On the other hand, our national football player Merih Demiral started the game in the starting 11 in Atalanta and stayed on the field for 90 minutes.