Lazar Samardzic slotted dwelling a stoppage-time penalty to finish a dramatic 4-1 victory for Atalanta in opposition to Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, sending the Italian aspect into the Champions League’s final 16 with a comeback 4-3 combination triumph.
Dortmund’s Ramy Bensebaini was despatched off after his studs caught the top of Atalanta’s Nikola Krstovic within the penalty space and Samardzic transformed the spot kick within the 98th minute to ship the Italians by way of. Atalanta will now face both Arsenal or Bayern Munich within the spherical of 16, with the draw on Friday.
The hosts needed to battle again following final week’s 2-0 loss in Germany, and Gianluca Scamacca tapped in on the far publish to present them a fifth-minute lead as they obtained off to a dream begin. Dortmund had their share of probabilities but it surely was their keeper, Gregor Kobel, who was busiest within the first half, twice denying Nicola Zalewski. He was overwhelmed, nonetheless, on the stroke of half-time when Davide Zappacosta’s shot was deflected into the online off Bensebaini to make it 2-0.
The Atalanta keeper Marco Carnesecchi made the save of the match when he tipped Serhou Guirassy’s low drive vast within the forty ninth minute, to guard their two-goal benefit. Dortmund went even nearer within the 53rd with Maximilian Beier’s shot bouncing off the publish. As an alternative it was the hosts who scored once more because of Mario Pasalic’s header on the far publish to go 3-0 up and take management of the tie.
Dortmund, nonetheless, hit again with the substitute Karim Adeyemi including prompt tempo to their recreation and curling his Seventy fifth-minute shot into the highest nook because the guests pushed to take the competition into additional time.
However Bensebaini then tried to clear a cross within the field with a backheel, catching the top of Krstovic who went down bleeding. The hosts had been awarded a penalty following a prolonged VAR assessment and Samardzic beat Kobel to ship his group by way of with the final kick of the sport.
The Atalanta defender Sead Kolasinac stated he went by way of “a whirlwind of feelings” within the ultimate seconds. “When the referee determined for a penalty, I didn’t know who would take it. All our penalty takers had been substituted, however fortunately Lazar transformed brilliantly,” Kolasinac instructed DAZN.
Emre Can, the Dortmund captain, stated his error-prone aspect deserved their elimination. “Should you make so many particular person errors, it’s going to be tough to progress… we had been very unfortunate, however to be trustworthy we didn’t need to advance.”
Elsewhere Paris Saint-Germain, the holders, edged out 10-man Monaco to achieve the final 16, a 2-2 draw giving Luis Enrique’s aspect a 5-4 combination victory.
PSG gained 3-2 away within the first leg final week, however Maghnes Akliouche scored to present Monaco the lead on the night time and stage the tie on combination.
Mamadou Coulibaly’s second-half sending-off for the guests then proved the catalyst for Marquinhos and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to attain for PSG and seemingly end off the tie, though Jordan Teze made it 2-2 late on.
“On the finish, after they scored, we felt burdened and it was scary,” stated Désiré Doué, who scored twice for PSG within the first leg. “The target is to dominate the entire match, however you additionally should know come again from behind. Subsequent time, we’ll strive to not concede a objective, that’s vital.”
Galatasaray, in the meantime, fended off a rousing fightback by 10-man Juventus as Victor Osimhen struck in additional time to assist earn the Turkish aspect a 7-5 combination victory.
Trailing 5-2 from the primary leg, Juventus got hope by Manuel Locatelli’s first-half penalty however they appeared doomed when the defender Lloyd Kelly was despatched off on 48 minutes. Remarkably, the hosts compelled additional time with targets from Federico Gatti and Weston McKennie however finally ran out of steam, Osimhem and Baris Yilmaz scoring late to ship Galatasaray by way of to a gathering with both Liverpool or Tottenham.
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