Atalanta fought back to beat Club Brugge (2-1) in the second matchday of the Champions League, avenging their elimination in the last-32 stage last season, thanks to a great performance by Croatian midfielder Mario Pasalic.
Just when everything seemed lost again in Bergamo, where the collapse of last season, when they were overwhelmingly eliminated by the 'brujas' (witches), is not forgotten, Mario Pasalic's personal intervention emerged, to dismantle all the great work of the Belgians, who had been ahead on the scoreboard since the 38th minute thanks to Tzolis's shot from outside the area.
Pasalic took advantage of the only mistake by the Belgian team in the ball exit to force a clever penalty converted by Lazar Samardzic in the 74th minute.
Three minutes from the end, the figure of Pasalic emerged again, powerful in the aerial game, to complete the comeback, his personal revenge against Club Brugge.