48
19:53
Diaby misses the big chance. Demirbay plays a great pass from the center into Diaby’s run. The Frenchman approaches Musso alone. He has infinite time and ends up shooting into the goalie’s leg. That was a 100% chance to score.
46
19:49
Kick-off 2nd half
45
19:36
mid-term conclusion
The first half between Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta Bergamo didn’t offer many highlights. The home side had a great chance after eight minutes, which Diaby missed. Bayer didn’t get any more real degrees. Atalanta was a little more dangerous overall. Muriel in particular repeatedly caused problems for the Leverkusen defense. But the Colombian didn’t get to a dangerous conclusion either. Leverkusen have to come up with something for the second half because the Werkself need a goal for extra time.
45
19:32
The first corner in a long time that leads to a conclusion. Demiral gets a header from the near post but fails to hit the ball properly. The header flies well over the goal.
45
19:31
Official injury time (minutes): 2
45
19:31
Malinovskiy shoots a free kick from 30 meters in the middle directly on goal. The wall fends off to the corner.
44
19:30
Atalanta always provides the slightest hint of danger, with Muriel speeding up the counterattack. Leverkusen have to be careful. If one of these Italian counterattacks is successful, the Werkself suddenly need two goals for extra time.
43
19:28
Koopmeiners puts through to Muriel again on the left. The striker pulls out the next corner, which brings nothing again. Scoring chances are scarce in this game.
41
19:26
Aránguiz comes too late with a tackle in midfield and slides straight into Hateboer. That was painful and rightly gives a free kick, but nothing more.
40
19:25
Atalanta has considered a variant in which several players take the view of the Leverkusen goalkeeper. But that’s all for naught, because Muriel’s free kick goes far over it.
39
19:24
Muriel is fouled by Demirbay in Leverkusen’s penalty area. That’s a good free-kick position.
38
19:23
Diaby is the only Leverkusen player who poses a threat in Wirtz’s absence. The Frenchman tries again and again with speed dribbles from the half field. So far without success.
35
19:21
Koopmeiners counterattacks well on Muriel. The striker is on the left in the penalty area, makes another hook and then pulls from a sharp angle from seven meters with the right. Fosu-Mensah saves the ball for a corner. The standard brings nothing.
33
19:18
Malinovskiy again with a degree. The Ukrainian pulls into the middle from the right and then shoots at goal with his left. But the shot is too misplaced and lands in Hrádecký’s arms.
31
19:17
The game currently always works according to the same pattern. Leverkusen plays around at the back, at some point the ball is with Hrádecký. The goalkeeper has no passing station and therefore kicks the ball out. Nobody from Leverkusen can pin the ball.
28
19:14
Zappacosta is sent to the baseline on the left and from there brings a half-high cross into the middle. Two Atalanta players narrowly miss the cross. If the guests were better able to occupy the penalty area during these actions, they would be extremely dangerous.
25
19:11
The game is balanced so far. Leverkusen had the best chance of the game. But Bergamo also appears again and again in the Leverkusen penalty area.
22
19:08
Diaby plays a beautiful one-two on the halfway line with his heel-heel to Palacios’ head, which puts it in the Frenchman’s barrel. Diaby approaches the penalty area with speed. But it doesn’t offer a good reference station. That’s why he leaves. The shot is blocked.
21
19:06
Atalanta is no longer as stormy as it was at the beginning. At least in the defensive chain, Leverkusen can play the ball back and forth calmly.
18
19:04
Bakker captures the ball near the halfway line and then sprints into the opposition half. In the penalty area he pulls into the middle. But an Atalanta defender stops him.
17
19:03
The following corner briefly causes unrest in the Atalanta penalty area, but ultimately ends up in Musso’s arms.
16
19:02
Demirbay stages Diaby on the right. The Frenchman pulls into the penalty area near the baseline. But again Demiral intervenes strongly. He clears to the corner.
16
19:01
Both teams have been too imprecise in the attacking third. So far, almost all of the dangerous passes have ended up with the opponent.
13
18:58
Muriel runs towards the Leverkusen penalty area at high speed. 20 meters from the goal he puts the ball to the right on a teammate. But his pass is too imprecise, so that a defender gets in the way.
11
18:56
Atalanta’s captain Tolói has injured his thigh unchallenged. It looks like a muscle injury. Therefore, the guests are forced to change early.
10
18:55
Berat Djimsiti comes on at Atalanta
10
18:55
Substitution for Atalanta: Rafael Tolói
8th
18:54
Leverkusen suddenly has a great opportunity to lead. Bakker simply approaches the penalty area on the right at speed, leaves several defenders standing and then puts it on Diaby. The Frenchman has a lot of space twelve meters in front of the goal and shoots directly with the right. His low shot goes straight to goalkeeper Musso, who saves the ball.
7
18:52
Muriel has the first completion of the game. But his long-range shot is no problem for Hrádecký. The goalkeeper catches the ball.
6
18:51
So far, Atalanta has mainly come from the left. This time Muriel is sent to the baseline and then puts the ball across. In the middle, however, there is no buyer for his cross.
4
18:50
Hrádecký with a great throw into Demirbay’s foot, which sticks through to Adli on the halfway line. The striker has space on the left and goes towards the baseline. Shortly before the gate there is a duel with Demiral. The central defender wins the duel and pulls out a goal kick.
3
18:48
Bergamo presses extremely high in the first few minutes. Leverkusen finds no rest and seeks salvation in long balls.
2
18:47
Atalanta gets the first corner on the left through Zappacosta. At the second post, Demiral comes to the header. But the ending goes a long way.
18:11
Gian Piero Gasperini makes six changes to his side after Sunday’s 0-0 LaLiga draw against Genoa. Sportiello, Scalvini, Djimsiti, Pessina, Maehle and Pašalić rotate onto the bench. But Musso, Tolói, Demiral, Freuler, de Roon and Hateboer start.
18:11
In contrast to the 1-0 derby defeat against Cologne last Sunday, Gerardo Seoane is making five changes to his squad today. The long-term injured Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong are not available. In addition, Odilon Kossounou, Lucas Alario and Paulinho rotate to the bench. Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Edmond Tapsoba, Charles Aránguiz, Mitchel Bakker and Amine Adli will start there.
18:10
Things are not going well at Atalanta Bergamo either. The northern Italians are struggling, especially in the league. Only one win has been achieved in the past eight games. As a result, the gap to the Champions League places has now grown to eight points. Gian Piero Gasperini’s side need to turn the tide quickly if they want to play internationally at all next season. In contrast, the Europa League has been an oasis of well-being for Atalanta in recent weeks. On the European stage, the team has won their last three games with a goal difference of 11:3.
18:10
The Werkself are going through a bit of a slump in form. After Gerardo Seoane’s team experienced a heady week at the end of January and beginning of February and scored 14 goals in three games, the results are no longer correct. Only one win (against Arminia Bielefeld) has been achieved in the last five competitive games. Leverkusen is still third in the league. The distance to sixth place has melted to one point. Added to this is the serious injury to key player Florian Wirtz. The ten has been directly involved in 24 goals this season. He is out for at least half a year with a cruciate ligament tear.
18:08
Hello and welcome to the round of 16 of the Europa League. Today at 18:45 Bayer Leverkusen host Atalanta Bergamo for the second leg. The first leg between the two teams ended 3-2 for the Italians.