Miranchuk’s team won the group in League of Legends. But I almost missed it after the Russian one came out.

Miranchuk’s team won the group in League of Legends. But I almost missed it after the Russian one came out.

Kirill Zakatchenko November 30, 2023, 23:07 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.

Alexey played 20 minutes and scored two hits. In the second half, his Atalanta recovered.

Atalanta played the last home game of the Europa League group stage. Gian Piero Gasperini’s team faced Sporting and Alexey Miranchuk participated in this match.

Alexey, according to tradition, started the meeting on the reservation. Previously, the Russian played two Europa League games and was on the field in total for only 32 minutes. The home team took the lead midway through the first half. Gianluca Scamacca surprised goalkeeper Antonio Adana and shot straight into the corner from 22 meters. The Spaniard, apparently, did not expect that the attacker would decide to shoot, but he realized that he could not escape from the defenders and hit the goalkeeper with a long shot.

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Before the break, Atalanta looked good, but in the second half Sporting took the initiative. It is true that Scamacca himself had another great opportunity, but the Italian managed to miss. Gianluca himself probably won’t say how this happened. And just a few minutes later the ball ended up in Bergamasco’s goal. Substitute Marcus Edwards beat a defender and scored the equalizer with his right foot.

After this, Sporting could have gone ahead, but Pedro Gonçalves was simply unlucky. After his shot, the ball hit one post, flew to the other and jumped onto the field.

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In the 70th minute, Gasperini released Miranchuk onto the field. It is curious that the Italian team spent a couple of minutes thinking about who should replace Alexei and, in the end, Thoen Kopmeyners left the field.

As soon as Miranchuk entered the field, Sporting was about to score the second goal. Once again poor Gonçalves was unlucky! This time Pedro ran one on one with the goalkeeper, but missed the corner kick. Probably at that moment Scamacca, who was sitting on the bench, nodded in understanding. Those moments must be implemented!

Atalanta took first place in the group

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As for Miranchuk, Alexey acted quite actively. It is clear that the Russian missed playing for Atalanta. In the end he decided on two strikes. First, the ball passed near the far post, and then Adan wisely chose his position and collected the ball calmly. It seemed that in the second episode Alexey was able to find one of his companions, but Alexey was already aiming to hit him.

During his stay on the field, Miranchuk made two hits, made 22 touches, made nine accurate passes out of 14 (64%), won a set fight and made one tackle. Atalanta took first place in the group and access to the round of 16 of the Europa League. Sporting can catch up to its rival in points, but the Bergamascos have an advantage in direct confrontations. The Italian team will play the last game of the group on December 14 in Poland, where they will face the local team Rakow.

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