Un punto al menos necesita sacar el Villarreal de su visita al Atalanta para certificar su clasificación para los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones. Todo lo que no sea perder impulsaría a los de Unai Emery hacia la siguiente ronda de la máxima competición continental, donde lograría colocarse por tercera vez en su historia. El conjunto amarillo es segundo del Grupo F, con siete puntos, uno más de su rival hoy, al que sólo le vale ganar para acceder a la próxima eliminatoria y relegar a su rival a la disputa de la Europa League.
Es un cara y cruz (con el canto a favor de los castellonenses) entre los dos equipos en la lucha por una plaza, ya que la primera la tiene asegurada el Manchester United. Los de Cristiano Ronaldo reciben a un Young Boys que tiene como objetivo ganar y esperar a que pierdan los italianos para auparse a una tercera plaza que le daría derecho a jugar la Europa League.
Sea como fuere, el ‘submarino’ no piensa en que le basta con empatar su partido. Sabe que jugar a amarrar es hacerlo con riesgo y que delante tiene a uno de los equipos más atractivos y duros del campeonato italiano.
La más que irregular trayectoria en Liga de los de Emery también queda aparcada mentalmente. La oportunidad requiere dejar las dudas en casa y centrarse en encontrar la mejor versión de una plantilla con calidad y suficientemente capacitada para ganarle a cualquiera.
Tendrá el técnico vasco para este partido a dos de sus mejores jugadores en ataque. Gerard Moreno ha ido entrando poco a poco en la dinámica del equipo (jugó minutos en Copa del Rey y también ante el Sevilla esta pasada semana) una vez superada su lesión, mientras que Arnaut Danjuma sale de unas molestias en un tobillo que le han dejado fuera en los últimos encuentros. Por contra, siguen sin estar recuperados Francis Coquelin y Serge Aurier, mientras que Yeremi Pino tampoco será de la partida por sanción.
Todas las malas sensaciones que da el Villarreal en su campeonato doméstico (una victoria en los últimos ocho encuentros) las tiene de buenas el Atalanta, que acumula cinco victorias consecutivas en la Serie A. Está en su mejor momento de forma, liderado por el colombiano Duván Zapata, que ha anotado siete goles y ha dado dos asistencias en los últimos ocho partidos del equipo italiano.
Gian Piero Gasperini es el artífice de una escuadra que practica un fútbol ofensivo y entretenido, que le ha servido para convertirse en un clásico en octavos de Champions las últimas temporadas. Para este partido, el técnico recupera a Hans Hateboer pero no puede contar con Robin Gosens. El decisivo duelo entre españoles e italianos promete.
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