Once again Atalanta spent the season at a very high level. Gianpiero Gasperini’s team coped with their main task and got a ticket to the Champions League. The first round of the Bergamaski was inconspicuous and lost a lot of points. In the second half it turned out to add and at some point the club was considered one of the main pursuers of Juventus. However, it did not work out to fully participate in the championship race. In a face-to-face meeting, with a serious advantage, Atalanta could not beat Juventus, a draw 2: 2 practically killed the intrigue. The fight for silver was also lost by the Bergamascans. In the last round Atalanta met with Inter and lost 0:2, eventually finishing third. In the Champions League, Atalanta did not have an easy life, but in the most difficult situation they managed to beat Shakhtar Donetsk off the second line and reach the playoffs. Valencia for Gasperini’s charges became easy prey. Bats were defeated with a score of 7:4 on aggregate.
Basel are one of the few teams that came to the final stage of the Europa League in Germany, which started in the group stage of this tournament. The Swiss club managed to take first place in the group, pushing Getafe to the second place. In addition, FCB was knocked out of the competition by Krasnodar and Trabzonspor. In the playoffs, the red-blues started with an easy victory over APOEL, which they won on aggregate with a score of 4:0 and in the 1/8 finals RotBlau unexpectedly repeated their success. With the same score they were knocked out dry draw for Eintracht Frankfurt (4:0 on aggregate). In the Swiss Super League, Marcel Koller’s charges won bronze medals. After 36 rounds, the team scored 18 victories and eight world victories, losing 14 points to the Young Boys. The team finished the championship with three peaceful outcomes in a row. Zuffi, Omlin and Ramirez will not be able to take part in today’s game.
