Marten De Roon insists Atalanta have discovered from the 2-0 first leg Champions League play-off defeat and ‘can damage’ Borussia Dortmund this night.
It kicks off on the New Steadiness Area in Bergamo at 17.45 GMT (18.45 CET).
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La Dea left themselves with a troublesome job to overturn the primary leg loss in Dortmund, which was determined by Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier targets.
Because the away targets rule has been deserted, they should win by a two-goal margin simply to drive additional time.
De Roon recommendation for Atalanta
BERGAMO, ITALY – NOVEMBER 30: Odilon Kossounou of Atalanta BC celebrates scoring his staff’s first aim with teammate Marten de Roon through the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and ACF Fiorentina at Gewiss Stadium on November 30, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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“We have to go away fewer areas, we have been caught out with just a few lengthy balls, and we have to shut the gaps down, be extra aggressive, extra intense, and above all play the ball higher. They’ve a excessive line of defense and we are able to damage them,”
Atalanta have confronted Borussia Dortmund thrice and by no means managed a victory, shedding each journeys to Germany and drawing 1-1 right here within the Europa League in 2018.
“Dortmund are a really robust squad, I anticipate them to come back right here making an attempt to win, to not simply defend the end result. We should push for 90 minutes together with our followers, hope to have a little bit little bit of luck, however primarily braveness to attain some targets right here,” added De Roon.
CREMONA, ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Marten de Roon of Atalanta ia through the Serie A match between US Cremonese and Atalanta BC at Stadio Giovanni Zini on October 25, 2025 in Cremona, Italy. (Picture by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Photos)
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“We all know the followers in Bergamo nicely, I’m positive they may push us on for 90 minutes with their delight to be right here taking part in within the Champions League towards Borussia Dortmund. They would be the twelfth man.”
The temper was boosted in Serie A on the weekend by a comeback win over Napoli, the place that they had been trailing 1-0 solely to emerge 2-1 winners.