UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 14, 2022
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2nd Leg - RB Leipzig advance 3-1 on aggregate · New Balance Arena · 17,905 att.

Match Report

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Red-hot Nkunku fires Leipzig to Europa League semis

RB Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku sent them through to the Europa League last four after his double earned the German side a 2-0 win at Atalanta.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
5
43.2
Possession
56.8
11
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
307
Accurate Passes
422
401
Passes
517
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
7
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.4
70
Long Balls
43
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
16
Effective Tackles
6
27
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
15
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
11
17
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 28Merih DemiralCD
  3. 6José PalominoCD-L
  4. 15Marten de RoonCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 7Teun KoopmeinersCM-R
  7. 77Davide ZappacostaLM
  8. 33Hans HateboerRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 10Jérémie BogaCF-L
  11. 18Ruslan MalinovskyiCF-R

RBL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Péter GulácsiG
  2. 4Willi OrbánCD
  3. 32Josko GvardiolCD-L
  4. 2Mohamed SimakanCD-R
  5. 44Kevin KamplCM-L
  6. 27Konrad LaimerCM-R
  7. 3AngeliñoLM
  8. 39Benjamin HenrichsRM
  9. 33André SilvaF
  10. 18Christopher NkunkuCF-L
  11. 25Dani OlmoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Atalanta 0, RB Leipzig 1. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konrad Laimer.
  2. 49' Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 50' VAR Decision: No Penalty Atalanta.
  4. 58' Substitution, Atalanta. Luis Muriel replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  5. 58' Duván Zapata (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 58' Remo Freuler (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 59' Merih Demiral (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Willi Orban (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Dominik Szoboszlai replaces André Silva.
  10. 70' Substitution, Atalanta. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Jérémie Boga.
  11. 70' Substitution, Atalanta. Giorgio Scalvini replaces Merih Demiral.
  12. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Tyler Adams replaces Konrad Laimer.
  13. 73' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Lukas Klostermann replaces Benjamin Henrichs.
  14. 75' Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 79' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen replaces Josko Gvardiol.
  16. 79' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Marcel Halstenberg replaces Kevin Kampl.
  17. 87' Goal! Atalanta 0, RB Leipzig 2. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  18. 88' Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Remo Freuler.
  19. 90'+2' Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+5' Mohamed Simakan (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+5' Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  22. 90'+5' Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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