Barcelona was hoping to finish the upper part of the League phase, but they have failed in their attempt to review the Liverpool in the classification. A victory over Atalanta in the Estadi Olimpic would have been enough to ensure first place, but in the end, the Catalans could only handle a 2-2 draw.
Full time: Barcelona 2-2 Atalanta.
Barça has finished second in the phase of the League of the Champions League.
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The first half did not produce goals, although the visitors found the background of the network through Davide Zappacosta, although it was discarded by VAR for an offside in the accumulation. It would be Barcelona who gave the first blow a few minutes after the second era of Lamine Yamal, since he crowned a good movement that involved Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha when he took the ball around the goalkeeper of Atalanta Marco Carnecchi before finishing in the empty network .
However, it was level shortly after in the Olimpic Stadi when Ederson thundered home a wonderful strike. Atalanta had threatened at all times, and that was a well -deserved objective for the visiting team. However, Barcelona managed to return to the 71st minute when Ronald Araujo went to the back of the network from the Raphinha corner, that was his second goal of the season, and the first since he signed a new contract until 2031.
However, Barcelona had to deny again when a second equalizer arrived for Atalanta de Marco Pasalic. Hansi’s film will have been very upset by the defense of his side, since the Croatian midfielder went out of Jules Kounde to hit the ball between Wojciech’s legs Szczesny.
In the end, it means that Barcelona has to settle for second in the phase of the League. However, the last 16 of the Champions League are still over, and that will be very satisfactory for Flick and its players, who do not need to participate in the play-offs next month.