Europa League: Atalanta vs. RB Leipzig
The Champions League quarter-finals have come to an end, and although Manchester City and Liverpool both ended in a draw in the second leg, they still used the lead in the first leg to successfully advance to the semi-finals. According to the rules of the game, in the Champions League semi-finals, Manchester City will play against Real Madrid; Liverpool will play against Villarreal, when the Premier League and La Liga will be staged. Without further ado, we will continue with today's Europa League Quarter-Finals analysis.
At 0:45 a.m. Beijing time on April 15, 2022, the second leg of the Europa League Quarterfinals, Atalanta will play RB Leipzig at home. Atalanta's performance this season has slipped a lot, at the league end, after 31 rounds of league, it has achieved 14 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, ranking 8th in the league with 51 points, with a 11-point difference with the Champions League, the team is quite difficult to hit the top 4, if you want to continue to play in the Champions League next season, the team can only find another way, through this season's Europa League to win the championship. In the Europa League, the team in the first leg of the quarter-finals, the away game was 1-1 with Leipzig to become a draw, although it did not take the lead, but still retained the opportunity to advance.
Atalanta has been in a very slump recently, having gone three games without winning, with 50% possession in the last round of league away games against Sen solo, 4 of 15 shots on target, and finally lost 1-2. It is worth noting that manager Gasperini only let shooters such as Muriel and Boga play half-time, and I am afraid that the veteran manager still covets the Europa League and reserves some physical strength for the main team.
RB Leipzig's results this season showed a trend of low and high, after 25 rounds of league, achieved 15 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, ranked 4th in the league with 51 points, although in the Champions League qualification area, but the lead is not obvious, only 3 points higher than Freiburg, it can be seen that the league still distracts part of the team's attention. In the European arena, RB Leipzig only played a draw with the other side in the first leg of the Europa League Quarterfinals, occupying the home advantage, which shows that the promotion situation is not optimistic.
RB Leipzig's recent situation is relatively stable, has been unbeaten in 12 consecutive games, even if the team is involved in the double-line battle, the team still swept Hoffenheim 3-0 last weekend, thus retaining the team's top 4 positions. As for the second leg of the Europa League Quarter-finals, the team manager Tedesco is still very confident, and in the pre-match press conference, he also expressed his views on the game, he said, "We are looking forward to playing Atalanta away because we are in good shape. However, we will also analyze the first leg of the game. We've given them a lot of opportunities, maybe a little too much, even if we've created a lot of chances at the other end of the pitch. ”
The comparison between the two teams in terms of recent conditions is still relatively obvious, Atlanta has not won 3 consecutive games, and the state is relatively sluggish; while RB Leipzig has remained unbeaten in 12 consecutive games, and the offensive and defensive state is relatively stable, especially last weekend swept the opponent, which has a certain boost to the morale of the team. Judging from the current attitudes of all parties, the performance is slightly ambiguous and there is a tendency to lean towards the away team, but combined with the strength of both sides and home and away factors, this battle at Home at Atalanta is still worth looking forward to.