One point at least needs to get the Villarreal of your visit to Atalanta to certify their classification for the round of 16 of the Champions League. Anything other than losing would drive those of Unai emery towards the next round of the maximum continental competition, where it would manage to place for the third time in its history. The yellow set is second to the Group F, with seven points, one more than his rival today, who is only worth winning to access the next tie and relegate his rival to the dispute of the Europa League.
It is a heads and tails (with the song in favor of the Castellón) between the two teams in the fight for a place, since the first is assured by the Manchester United. Those of Cristiano Ronaldo they receive a Young Boys whose objective is to win and wait for the Italians to lose to rise to a third place that would give him the right to play the Europa League.
Be that as it may, the ‘submarine’ does not think that it is enough for him to tie his game. He knows that playing tie is doing it with risk and that he has one of the most attractive and toughest teams in the Italian championship in front of him.
The more than irregular trajectory in Liga de los de Emery it is also mentally parked. The opportunity requires leaving doubts at home and focusing on finding the best version of a squad with quality and sufficiently trained to beat anyone.
Preview of Atalanta-Villarreal.
The Basque coach will have two of his best attacking players for this match. Gerard Moreno has been gradually entering the dynamics of the team (he played minutes in Copa del Rey and also before him Sevilla this past week) once his injury was over, while Arnaut Danjuma He comes out of an ankle discomfort that has been left out in recent games. On the contrary, they are still not recovered Francis Coquelin and Serge Aurier, while Yeremi Pino neither will it be from the game by penalty.
All the bad feelings that he gives Villarreal in their domestic championship (a victory in the last eight games) they are good for the Atalanta, which accumulates five consecutive victories in the A league. He is in his best moment of form, led by the Colombian Duvan Zapata, who has scored seven goals and provided two assists in the Italian team’s last eight games.
Gian Piero Gasperini is the architect of a squad that practices offensive and entertaining football, which has served him to become a classic in the second round Champions the last seasons. For this game, the coach recovers Hans Hateboer but can’t count on Robin Gosens. The decisive duel between the Spanish and the Italians promises.
Read also