UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Siro - Milan Tuesday 26 November 2019 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Atalanta BC Group C - Matchday 5 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Last updated 21/09/2020 18:58CET 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 19 Legend 21 1 Atalanta BC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Tuesday 26 November 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Atalanta Leovac 10, Oršić 31, 18/09/2019 GS 4-0 Zagreb BC 42, 68 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Atalanta 1-1 Boban 54; Evair 59 03/10/1990 R1 Zagreb BC agg: 1-1 ag (P) Atalanta BC - GNK Dinamo 19/09/1990 R1 0-0 Bergamo Zagreb Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Atalanta BC 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 5 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 5 1 Atalanta BC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Atalanta BC have not played against a club from their opponents' country GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Higuaín 52, Rugani 07/12/2016 GS Juventus - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Turin 73 Pjanić 24, Higuaín 31, 27/09/2016 GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Juventus 0-4 Zagreb Dybala 57, Dani Alves 85 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Udinese Calcio - GNK Dinamo Quagliarella 5, Obodo 03/12/2008 GS 2-1 Udine Zagreb 78; Bišćan 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 09/11/2000 R2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Parma FC Zagreb Šokota 32 agg: 1-2 26/10/2000 R2 Parma FC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Parma Amoroso 61, 79 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Shevchenko 23, 42, 22/08/2000 QR3 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - AC Milan Zagreb agg: 1-6 José Mari 55 Shevchenko 21, 59, 09/08/2000 QR3 AC Milan - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 Milan Comandini 90; Pilipovic 19 2 Atalanta BC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Tuesday 26 November 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - AC 0-0 03/10/1979 R1 Zagreb Perugia agg: 0-1 AC Perugia - GNK Dinamo 19/09/1979 R1 1-0 Perugia Vujadinovic 43 (og) Zagreb UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 02/11/1977 R2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Torino FC Zagreb Senzen 24 agg: 2-3 Pulici 8, Sala 26, 19/10/1977 R2 Torino FC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 Turin Pecci 49; Bonic 58 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 03/10/1973 R1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - AC Milan Zagreb Chiarugi 7 agg: 1-4 Bigon 10, 53, Chiarugi 19/09/1973 R1 AC Milan - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 Milan 16; Lalic 70 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Jerković 81; Poletti 17/03/1965 QF GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Torino FC Zagreb agg: 2-3 14, Hitchens 44 03/03/1965 QF Torino FC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Turin Simoni 43; Lamza 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - ACF 2-1 Matuš 15, Haramincic 12/04/1961 SF Zagreb Fiorentina agg: 2-4 18; Petris 50 ACF Fiorentina - GNK Dinamo Angeli 40, Da Costa 22/03/1961 SF 3-0 Florence Zagreb 69, Lazzotti 80 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Atalanta BC 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 5 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 10 4 2 4 10 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 20 4 4 12 15 32 3 Atalanta BC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Tuesday 26 November 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Match background Having picked up their first UEFA Champions League point, Atalanta now need their maiden victory to stay in Group C contention – although they face a Dinamo Zagreb side who gave them a harsh introduction to the competition on Matchday 1. • Atalanta's debut ended in a 4-0 defeat in Zagreb, Mislav Oršić hitting a hat-trick after Marin Leovac's early opener as Dinamo ended an 11-match losing streak in the UEFA Champions League group stage in considerable style. • After losing their next two matches, Atalanta belatedly picked up their first point on Matchday 4, but nevertheless trail both Dinamo and Shakhtar Donetsk by four points, with Manchester City top of the table on ten. Atalanta will therefore be unable to finish in the top two if they do not beat Dinamo, or if Shakhtar win at City. Atalanta will be confirmed in fourth place if they lose, or if they draw and Shakhtar avoid defeat. • Dinamo will be unable to finish in the top two if they lose to Atalanta and Shakhtar beat City. Previous meetings • The sides' only previous fixtures before this season came in the 1990/91 UEFA Cup first round, a tie Atalanta won on away goals. After a goalless first leg in Bergamo, Zvonimir Boban gave Dinamo a 54th-minute lead in Zagreb, but an Evair penalty equaliser five minutes later ultimately took Atalanta through in what were their only other games against a club from Croatia. Form guide Atalanta • That Matchday 1 defeat in Zagreb was Atalanta's heaviest loss in UEFA competition, although the margin was matched by a 5-1 loss at Manchester City in their second away game. They have fared better in their home fixtures, played at San Siro in Milan; only two late Shakhtar goals denied them a point on Matchday 2, before they held City to a 1-1 draw last time out to get off the mark. • Those results have made it six European matches without a win for Atalanta (D3 L3). • Before Matchday 1, the Italian club were unbeaten in seven matches in continental competition; they have still lost only four of their last 18 European games (W7 D7). • This is Atalanta's 40th 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 14 European home matches (W6 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 19 home European matches (W10 D7). • Atalanta are the only team to be making their group stage debut in 2019/20 – they are the tenth Italian club to feature and the 141st overall. Dinamo • Oršić's hat-trick against Atalanta made him the first player to hit three goals for a Croatian club in a UEFA Champions League group encounter. • Having lost 2-0 at Manchester City in their second game, Dinamo then drew 2-2 at Shakhtar and 3-3 at home to the Ukrainian side – Shakhtar scoring twice in added time to deny Dinamo victory – to stay level on points with the Donetsk club but with an inferior head-to-head away goals record. • Dinamo have won only five of their 40 matches in the UEFA Champions League group stage (D7 L28); they suffered six defeats in their most recent participation, in 2016/17. They had lost 11 successive matches, and won only one of 27 (D2 L24) – a 2-1 defeat of Arsenal in Zagreb in September 2015 that ended a 16-year wait for a victory in the competition proper – before beating Atalanta on Matchday 1. • The 2-0 loss at City on Matchday 2 was Dinamo's 13th successive away defeat in the UEFA Champions League group stage, since a 2-2 draw at Marseille on 2 November 1999 – a run of defeats that was ended at Shakhtar. • Dinamo have nevertheless won five of their last 12 European away matches (D4 L3). • Dinamo claimed their 13th Croatian league title in 14 seasons in 2018/19 – and 20th in all – but their UEFA 4 Atalanta BC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Tuesday 26 November 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Siro, Milan Champions League campaign came to an early end with a play-off defeat against Young Boys.