Atalanta scored a dramatic penalty with the last kick of the sport because the Italians staged an unimaginable fightback to beat Borussia Dortmund and progress to the last 16 of the Champions League.
The hosts had confronted an almighty job after dropping the primary leg 2-0 in Germany, however scored twice within the first half by Gianluca Scamacca and Davide Zappacosta to degree the tie on combination.
Mario Pasalic made it 3-0 within the 57th minute, however Karim Adeyemi appeared to have taken the sport into further time when he curled in a leveller general.
But, with simply seconds left in stoppage time, Ramy Bensebaini caught Nikola Krstovic on the pinnacle within the field with a reckless excessive boot because the Atalanta ahead tried to meet a cross following a mistake by visiting keeper Gregor Kobel.
After a verify by the video assistant referee (VAR) for a penalty and a attainable purple card, referee Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez was summoned to the display screen, after which he determined to award the spot-kick and dismiss Bensebaini with a second yellow card.
Lazar Samardzic then stored his cool to convert the very best of stress penalties, sending the ball into the roof of the web and Atalanta into the last 16, the place they may face both Arsenal or Bayern Munich.
The residence followers celebrated wildly on the closing whistle after witnessing an incredible show of want and willpower from their aspect.
Atalanta knew they wanted an early aim to give them an opportunity of a well-known comeback – they usually bought simply that within the fifth minute.
Lorenzo Bernasconi despatched a low cross in from the left, the place former West Ham ahead Scamacca was within the excellent place to faucet in.
As Dortmund appeared more and more rattled, the hosts added a second on the stroke of half-time when Zappacosta’s shot from exterior the field took a deflection on its method into the web.
After (*16*) Seventy fifth-minute strike cancelled out Pasalic’s effort, the tie opened up with either side having probabilities earlier than the top.
But the decisive second got here within the third of three minutes of stoppage time as further time beckoned.
Kobel failed to clear and gifted Atalanta an attacking alternative that led to the penalty as Bensebaini flicked out a leg backwards as Krstovic stooped to meet the cross.
Amid the chaos and livid protests on the Dortmund bench on the determination, substitute Nico Schlotterbeck was additionally proven a purple card. Atalanta substitute Giorgio Scalvini was additionally purple carded for his half within the argument.
It was a outstanding finish after a outstanding effort by Atalanta.
Not since Liverpool, of their 2019 semi-final in opposition to Barcelona, had a crew progressed after dropping the primary leg of a knockout-stage tie by two or extra objectives.
