UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Siro - Milan Wednesday 19 February 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Atalanta BC Round of 16, First leg Valencia CF Last updated 21/12/2020 16:08CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Competition facts 18 Team facts 20 Legend 22 1 Atalanta BC - Valencia CF Wednesday 19 February 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Atalanta BC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Atalanta BC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Valencia CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/2018 GS Juventus - Valencia CF 1-0 Turin Mandžukić 59 19/09/2018 GS Valencia CF - Juventus 0-2 Valencia Pjanić 45 (P), 51 (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Crespo 51; Bruno 17/12/2009 GS Genoa CFC - Valencia CF 1-2 Genoa Saltor 45+1, Villa 90+5 David Silva 52, Žigić 56, Villa 82 (P); 01/10/2009 GS Valencia CF - Genoa CFC 3-2 Valencia Floccari 43, Kharja 64 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Internazionale 0-0 06/03/2007 R16 Valencia Milano agg: 2-2 ag Cambiasso 29, FC Internazionale Milano - 21/02/2007 R16 2-2 Milan Maicon 76; Villa 64, Valencia CF David Silva 86 05/12/2006 GS AS Roma - Valencia CF 1-0 Rome Panucci 13 Angulo 13, Villa 29; 27/09/2006 GS Valencia CF - AS Roma 2-1 Valencia Totti 18 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - 02/11/2004 GS 0-0 Milan Valencia CF Aimar 73; Stanković Valencia CF - FC Internazionale 47, Vieri 49, Van der 20/10/2004 GS 1-5 Valencia Milano Meyde 76, Adriano 81, Cruz 90+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Internazionale 2-1 Aimar 7, Baraja 51; 22/04/2003 QF Valencia Milano agg: 2-2 ag Vieri 5 FC Internazionale Milano - 09/04/2003 QF 1-0 Milan Vieri 14 Valencia CF 2 Atalanta BC - Valencia CF Wednesday 19 February 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan UEFA Champions League Totti 24, 30, Emerson 26/02/2003 GS2 Valencia CF - AS Roma 0-3 Valencia 36 18/02/2003 GS2 AS Roma - Valencia CF 0-1 Rome Carew 78 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Internazionale 0-1 21/03/2002 QF Valencia Ventola 4 Milano agg: 1-2 FC Internazionale Milano - Materazzi 50; Rufete 14/03/2002 QF 1-1 Milan Valencia CF 68 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 18/04/2000 QF SS Lazio - Valencia CF Rome Verón 62 agg: 3-5 Angulo 2, Gerard 4, 40, 80, Claudio López 05/04/2000 QF Valencia CF - SS Lazio 5-2 Valencia 90+2; S. Inzaghi 28, Salas 87 Ilie 35, Mendieta 90 07/03/2000 GS2 Valencia CF - ACF Fiorentina 2-0 Valencia (P) 01/03/2000 GS2 ACF Fiorentina - Valencia CF 1-0 Florence Mijatović 19 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 30/09/1992 R1 SSC Napoli - Valencia CF Naples Fonseca 8 agg: 6-1 Roberto 56; Fonseca 16/09/1992 R1 Valencia CF - SSC Napoli 1-5 Valencia 20, 60, 64, 87, 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Giannini 36, Völler 63 07/11/1990 R2 AS Roma - Valencia CF Rome agg: 3-2 (P); Fernando 80 (P) 24/10/1990 R2 Valencia CF - AS Roma 1-1 Valencia Penev 24; Rizzitelli 72 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Atalanta BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Valencia CF 12 5 2 5 12 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 24 7 5 12 24 35 3 Atalanta BC - Valencia CF Wednesday 19 February 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Match background Atalanta's UEFA Champions League debut continues with a round of 16 tie against Valencia, who are bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in 13 years. • The Italian side go into the first leg against their Spanish opponents – the sides' first fixture – having finished second in Group C behind Manchester City. • Valencia, meanwhile, finished first in Group H to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2012/13, and the fourth overall. Form guide Atalanta • Atalanta picked up seven points in the group stage to qualify as Group C runners-up, seven behind Manchester City and one ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk. The Italian club picked up only one point from their first four games and have suffered their two heaviest European defeats this season, losing 4-0 away to Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 1 before a 5-1 loss at Manchester City in their second away game. • Atalanta also conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 at home to Shakhtar on Matchday 2 before getting their first point on the board with a 1-1 draw at home to City in their fourth fixture. They then picked up their first win in the competition with a 2-0 defeat of Dinamo in Milan and snatched a place in the last 16 thanks to a 3-0 win at Shakhtar on Matchday 6. • The victory against Dinamo ended Atalanta's six-match winless run in Europe (D3 L3). The success at Shakhtar made it two consecutive European victories; they have won three matches in a row only once before, in last season's UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. • Before Matchday 1, the Italian club were unbeaten in seven matches in continental competition; they have still lost only four of their last 20 European games (W9 D7). • This is Atalanta's 42nd European match, and their seventh campaign in continental competition. They reached the European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals in 1987/88 and the UEFA Cup quarter-finals three years later. • Third in Serie A in 2018/19, their highest ever finish, and Coppa Italia runners-up, this is Atalanta's third successive European campaign. They came through the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2017/18, losing to Borussia Dortmund in the round of 32 (2-3 a, 1-1 h), and were beaten 4-3 on penalties by Copenhagen in the play-offs of the same competition in 2018/19 after the tie had finished goalless; Atalanta had earlier eliminated Sarajevo (10-2 aggregate) and Hapoel Haifa (6-1). • The loss to Shakhtar on Matchday 2 is Atalanta's sole defeat in 15 European home matches (W7 D7), since a 2-1 defeat against Belgian side Mechelen in the 1987/88 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final second leg (2-4 aggregate). Those are their only defeats in their 20 home European matches (W11 D7). • Atalanta were the only team to make their group stage debut in 2019/20 – they were the tenth Italian club to feature and the 141st overall – and are one of two round of 16 debutants along with Germany's RB Leipzig. • This is Atalanta's first UEFA match against a Spanish club. Valencia • Valencia finished level with Chelsea on 11 points in Group H, going through as section winners thanks to a superior head-to-head record against the English club (1-0 a, 2-2 h). They picked up seven of their points away from home, winning 1-0 at last season's semi-finalists Ajax on Matchday 6 to secure progress; their remaining four points came from French side LOSC Lille (1-1 a, 4-1 h) with their only defeat a 3-0 loss at home to Ajax in their second game. • The wins at Chelsea and Ajax this season are Valencia's only successes in their last eight UEFA Champions League away matches (D3 L3); however, they have won five of their last 12 (D4 L3). • Valencia have scored only four goals in their last eight away UEFA Champions League matches and have not scored more than once in any of their last 12, qualifying included. • Fourth in the Spanish Liga in 2018/19, this is Valencia's 12th UEFA Champions League campaign. Finalists in both 1999/2000 and 2000/01, this is the first time they have reached the last 16 since 2012/13. • Twelve months ago Los Blanquinegros finished third in their section behind Juventus and Manchester United to move into the UEFA Europa League. There they overcame Celtic (3-0 on aggregate), Krasnodar (3-2) and Villarreal (5-1) to reach the semi-finals, where they came up short against Arsenal, losing 3-1 in London and 4-2 at home. • Valencia's record in two-legged ties against Italian clubs is W2 L4, although they won the most recent contest, beating Internazionale Milano on away goals at this stage of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League (2-2 a, 0-0 h). 4 Atalanta BC - Valencia CF Wednesday 19 February 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan • The Spanish side were beaten home (0-2) and away (0-1) by Juventus in 2018/19, stretching their run without a win against Italian opposition in the UEFA Champions League to five games (D2 L3) since a 2-1 home victory against Roma in September 2006.