Ex-Benfica star starts for Atalanta, Blues’ nightmare continues | OneFootball

Enzo Fernández was in the starting lineup for the match between Chelsea and Atalanta, which ended with yet another defeat for the London club. The English and Italian teams met in Bergamo for the match corresponding to the sixth round of the initial phase of the Champions League.

To begin with, it’s worth highlighting the presence of just one player with ties to Benfica on the match sheet: Enzo Fernández, an international for the Argentine national team, who played for the Club of Light for half a season in 2022/23 before moving to Chelsea. Remember that the midfielder recently put Rui Costa in a tough spot.

Regarding the match itself, things actually started off better for the London club. João Pedro opened the scoring before the half-hour mark, putting Chelsea ahead at Atalanta’s home ground. The score would remain 1-0 in favor of the Blues until halftime.

In the second half, the course of the game changed. In the 55th minute, Scamacca equalized, putting Atalanta back in contention. Then, in the final 10 minutes of the match, De Ketelaere found the net and completed the comeback for the Bergamo side, who triumphed and added three more points in the Champions League.

With this victory, Atalanta took an important step in the Champions League. The Italians climbed, for now, to third place in the league phase, with 13 points from six games. Chelsea remains on the 10 points they had coming into this round, but have now gone four games without a win in all competitions.

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