With permission of a Midtjylland that will leave the skin trying to give the bell, Atalanta Y Ajax are indicated in group D as candidates to fight to accompany the Liverpool on the way to the round of 16, and this Tuesday they staged a draw (2-2) that did not dispel doubts as to whether the players from Gasperini or those of Erik ten hag.
These are two of the funniest teams for the neutral viewer, very attractive for their respective styles of play, and they did not disappoint by co-starring in an entertaining and nuanced match that featured everything except one winner.
The Ajax thanks to a bit of Dusan Tadic from the penalty spot at 30 'and the Dutch side had time to double their lead before the break. Specifically, in 38 ', when Sportiello he was not at all fine when it came to blocking a center come from the left and Lassina traore He was close to scratching the ball and sending it to the net, signing the 0-2.
It seemed then that the triumph of the have hag was more than on track and therefore would be inevitable, but for the Atalanta of Gasperini, the highest-scoring team in the five major European leagues last year, two goals behind are nothing.
The main actor of the equalized was Duvan Zapata, author of both goals, assisted by the irreverent ‘Papu’ Gomez in the first case (54 ') and by Pasalic in the second (60 '), culminating in a dizzying backlash.
The 2-2 came with more than half an hour to play, and everything indicated that the score was not going to stay that way, but the score already remained immobile.