Italy legend Alessandro Costacurta admits he ‘didn’t imagine’ in Atalanta’s comeback in opposition to Borussia Dortmund and attracts a parallel between Mario Pasalic and Franco Baresi.
Atalanta shocked Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday evening,
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Costacurta compares Pasalic to Baresi
Alessandro Costacurta Commissioner of FIGC seems on earlier than the Worldwide Pleasant match between Italy U21 and Belgium U21 at Friuli Stadium on October 11, 2018 in Udine, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
It was an epic evening in Bergamo as La Dea scored the winner with a penalty kick at minute 98.
“It’s a rare feat. I admit I didn’t imagine in it, however they put in a improbable efficiency, a feat,” ex-Italy and Milan defender Costacurta advised
BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 25: Lazar Samardzic of Atalanta scores his crew’s fourth aim from the penalty spot in the course of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between Atalanta BC and Borussia Dortmund at Stadio di Bergamo on February 25, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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“It’s not one thing each crew can do. They’ve entered an elite, particularly after such a efficiency,” the ex-defender continued.
“Pasalic must be highlighted. It had been because the days of Franco Baresi in 1994 that I hadn’t seen a participant take a crew by the hand the best way he did.”