Even though last 16 elimination looks likely, getting through this play off is worth an extra €11m plus additional revenues from the extra matches. So worth progressing in terms of both prestige and income. Eliminating a Serie A club is also potentially useful for league coefficient.
2:0 Beier. After the good start, Atalanta had the better chances until the 30-35th minute while I thought we were too cautious with many backpasses. But one cannot complain about the result. Reggiani is on a yellow though.
Game ends 2:0. This felt like a game where we should have probably scored more to make it way harder for them in the return leg. There was a phase after the subs when Atalanta was very open but when our decision making was too bad to take advantage of that. Pretty cautious approach overall with the priority to avoid mistakes. Tough games ahead around the CL in the league with Leipzig and Bayern next.