JAKARTA - Atalanta won 3-2 over Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of the Europa League last 16, Friday, March 11, early morning Indonesian Western Time (WIB). This result makes Atalanta coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, fully satisfied.

Gasperini admitted that he was happy with his team's victory, which could be a capital to face the second leg. However, according to him, the Italian club could have won with a bigger score.

"It's nice for us to win, even if we hoped the result would be bigger," Gasperini told Sky Sport Italia after the match.

"We should be happy, because before the game we were happy to take the lead in the second leg in Germany. We have seen the quality of Leverkusen, but we have also seen our own strengths and we created many chances," he continued.

He admits, his team doesn't always get the results they deserve. However, this victory over Leverkusen still makes him happy.

In this match, Leverkusen actually took the lead in the 11th minute through Charles Aranguiz's goal. Atalanta equalized in the 23rd minute thanks to a Ruslan Malinovsky goal.

The hosts turned ahead two minutes later through the action of Luis Muriel. He scored the second goal in the 49th minute and put Atalanta 3-1 ahead. Leverkusen were able to reduce the gap in the 63rd minute thanks to a goal from Moussa Diaby. Final score 3-2 to Atalanta.


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