A tight defense and slow exits with the ball. This is the formula for an obvious defeat that tastes like a mockery with three minutes to go and three minutes to go.
For Atalanta, in flashes, from the penalty claimed on Zalewski, away to Ajax, the punishment came in the form of a one-on-one called on Arokodare in the air against the immature 2006 Obric, making his first appearance as a starter, on a pass from Baas, and a left-footed shot from Ouazane on a clearance from Ter Stegen, which was headed in by the same scorer of the first goal.
On the second day of the Conference League Phase, the Nerazzurri, confirming their limitations and inconsistent performance, lost their first European match of the season after four in the league.
The first threat came in the sixth minute, with Rosa and Brandt pairing up, with Obric, who replaced the injured Kolasinac against Milan, playing a short clearance to the Brazilian right-back's left-footed shot, which was deflected onto the post by Gaetano. The Bergamo side, following the third corner, found themselves blocked by Scamacca. In the 27th minute, Mokio tested Carnesecchi from outside the area. In the 31st minute, Leonardo, fed by Rosa, missed a penalty on the move just before Ederson entered the box again, but Baas blocked it, denying Scamacca. The tempo was high, and the teams were stretching out.
In the 44th minute, Kristensen held Gloukh well, keeping out Brandt's pass with a low diagonal shot, while in injury time, Gaetano missed the lead by turning Zappacosta's ball over with his left foot. The second half began with Brandt forcing a save from Carnesecchi with his foot, and in the fifth minute, he headed off balance to fend off Rosa's cross. By the ninth minute, Michel's team had five shots on target, with another Rosa left-footed shot set up by Leonardo and saved by Carnesecchi. On the hour mark, Klaassen linked up with Zalewski in the box after the Pole recovered, who exchanged with Gaetano, prompting protests from Sarri, who brought on Samardzic for De Ketalaere.
In the 19th minute, both the newcomer and Elmas squandered a Zalewski cross. Arokodare, Leonardo's replacement at the center of Ajax's attack, much like Scamacca's Krstovic for the Bergamo side, skyrocketed Brandt's recovery at the end of Ajax's sixth corner in the 32nd minute. In the 83rd minute, Atalanta also found the target, so to speak, as substitute Rowe moved in to take Samardzic's weak pass to Krstovic. In the 40th minute, Zalewski, turning right, fired high and wide. Then came the two almost carbon-copy Ajax goals, with Obric and Bellanova distracted by the defense.
