Atalanta made a good impression in the group stage of the tournament, but not in the first match against Brugge. They lost it after a penalty goal in injury time and now have to make up for it. In the tournament group, they defeated Sturm 5-0 in their last home game, but before that they had no victory in three consecutive home matches against Celtic, Arsenal, and Real Madrid.
Brugge played a good first match at home, where they have not lost in a long time. However, they already lost as a guest in Italy in the group stage, to Milan 1-3. This time they will try to avoid a repeat of that, although they generally struggle against Italian teams. An interesting fact is that no other team has been eliminated as many times as Brugge in European tournaments, after having an advantage from the first match, with Brugge being eliminated in a similar situation 16 times in historical terms.
Prediction: Atalanta to winAtalanta could not show their best in the first match, but I believe that in the rematch they will perform better and will be able to achieve victory.
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