Atalanta 4-1 Valencia 19 feb 2020 champion League 16: Hans Hateboer scores twice

Atalanta: Gollini, Toloi, Caldara (Zapata 75), Palomino, Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens, Pasalic (Tameze 90), Ilicic, Gomez (Malinovsky 81)

Subs not used: Muriel, Castagne, Sportiello, Czyborra

Goals: Hateboer 16, 62, Ilicic 42, Freuler 57

Booked: Hateboer

Valencia: Domenech Jaume, Wass, Mangala, Diakhaby, Kondogbia, Gaya, Torres, Parejo, Carlos Soler, Goncalo Guedes (Cheryshev 64), Gomez (Gameiro 73)

Goals: Cheryshev 66

Subs not used: Correia, Costa Jaume, Cillessen, Sobrino, Molina

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)


Atalanta 4-1 Valencia: Hans Hateboer scores twice as unfancied Serie A side run riot to take a giant step towards the Champions League quarter-finals
Hans Hateboer scored twice as Atalanta beat Valencia 4-1 on Wednesday night to put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Roughly a third of the population of the small town of Bergamo was present at Milan's San Siro stadium to see Hateboer, Josip Ilicic and Remo Freuler score in a convincing win.

Substitute Denis Cheryshev scored a consolation goal for Valencia to give the Spanish team a glimmer of hope ahead of the second leg on March 10.
Atalanta qualified for Europe's top competition for the first time after a surprise third-place finish in Serie A last season. And they progressed to the knockout stages despite losing their first three matches in the competition.

They are playing their home matches at the San Siro as their own stadium didn't meet UEFA requirements. Bergamo has a population of approximately 122,000 and more than 40,000 made the 60-kilometre journey.

Atalanta were forced into a late change as defender Berat Djimsiti picked up a knock during the warm-up and had to be replaced in the starting line-up by Mattia Caldara.

The home side started brightly and Alejandro 'Papu' Gomez sent a free-kick narrowly over before Mario Pasalic forced a smart stop from Valencia goalkeeper Jaume Domenech.

Atalanta broke the deadlock in the 16th minute when Hateboer slid in at the back post to turn in Gomez's cross from the left.