In the first leg of a Champions League Round of 16 match-up, Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta are ready to receive the most prestigious opponents o all – 13-time European Champions Real Madrid.
The official lineups for both clubs have been just released, confirming what was expected. Gasperini will have his full roster available and will resort to an all-Colombian attack with Duvan Zapata and Luis Muriel, supported by trequartista Matteo Pessina.
Conversely, Zinedine Zidane has quite a few problems to solve as he will be missing no less than nine players – including talismanic defender Sergio Ramos and key striker Karim Benzema.
Here are the official lineups for both Atalanta and Real Madrid:
Atalanta:
Real Madrid:
