YB showcases at home in Atlanta

Game 5, loss 5: YB Still no country has qualified for the Champions League. In the home game against Atalanta Bergamo, the Bernese even lost 1:6.

In the 11th minute, Young Boys achieved something that had not been achieved by any team against Atalanta in international competition for a long time: they scored a goal. After a corner kick, Sylvère Gamvora headed the ball into the net in a high arc. In the previous four rounds, Stuttgart, Glasgow Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk and Arsenal failed to do this. Leverkusen also failed to score in the Europa League final in May.

The problem with this situation is that, from Bern's perspective, it's a positive: Atalanta had already scored two minutes early. Even more painful: this should remain the home team's only bright spot. On the contrary, YB felt the concentrated offensive power of the Bergamasco team and fell behind 1:4 at halftime.

It's always Dectra Ray

Matteo Retegui, who has become a must-win with twelve goals in Serie A, scored twice. But his frontline partner, Charles de Cotrare, will also have bad memories of the overwhelmed YB defense. The 23-year-old Belgian participated in a total of 5 goals, including 2 goals himself and 3 assists.

He twice surprised centre-backs Mohamed Ali Kamara and Sandro Lauper with direct passes. His cross for the fourth goal was not particularly accurate, but the move still netted another goal for the visitors as Lauper was unable to pressure Retegui in the middle.

It was significant for the evening as a whole, with Atalanta clearly showing the limits of the Bernese side with Europa League hero Ademola Lookman only on the bench. That has paid off even more after the coaching change from Patrick Framework to Joël Magnin and better recent performances. Especially a month ago, another top Italian team, Inter Milan, encountered greater trouble with Wankdorf and did not score the 1-0 winning goal until shortly before the final whistle.

another home game

Three years ago, Atalanta visited Bern for the first time away from Bergamo, also in the Champions League, and struggled even more. In this exciting game, the Northern Italian team scored a goal at the last moment to rewrite the score to 3-3 and take a point.

This time, they dominated and the question never left the question of whether YB could return to the game. Instead, the game ended in a crushing defeat for Bern. The 1:6 against Atalanta is the next bitter pill in the Premier League after the 0:3 against Aston Villa and the 0:5 against Barcelona. In a total of five games, YB conceded 17 goals, which is an average of more than 3 goals per game.

During the Champions League stage, YB only played once in front of their own crowd. After this campaign, Bern will face Red Star Belgrade at home on January 29. In between, they will play away games in Stuttgart (December 11), where they will meet Fabian Rieder again, and against Celtic in Glasgow (January 22).

David von Balmer always has to reach back.Image: trapezoid

Young Boys – Atalanta Bergamo 1:6 (1:4)
31,500 spectators. – Mr. Luke Jankukas.
tear: 9. Retegui 0:1. 11. Ganvora 1:1. 28. Dectrall 1:2. 31. Kolasinac 1:3. 39. Retegui 1:4. 56. Dectrall 1:5. 90. Samardzic 1:6.
young boy: Von Balmos; Blum, Camera, Lauper, Hadjam (78. Athekame); Ugrinic, Niasse, Lakomy (46. Male); Colli (46. Virginius), Ganvora (60. Iten) , Monteiro (67. Ilia).
Atlanta Bergamo: Carnesechi; Kossounou, Hien (80. Godfrey), Kolasinac (75. Tolói); Cuadrado, Druun, Mario Pasalic, Ruggieri; Decotrare (75. Palestra), Brescianini (63. Samardzic); Retegui (63. Zaniolo).
warn: 44. Colli, 45. Bresciannini, 73. Elia. (Abu/Sudan Development Authority)