Suspended game Atalanta vs Villarreal in Champions League

Thank you for following the preview of this match. Tomorrow the match between Atalanta and Villarreal will be played.

The match between Atalanta and Villarreal will not be played this afternoon and will be played tomorrow Thursday at the same time, 2pm Mexico time and 3pm Eastern USA time.

The match is scheduled to kick off at 2:40 p.m. Mexico time and 3:20 p.m. Eastern U.S. time.

Due to the heavy snowfall, technical teams are helping to remove the snow from the playing field which is complicating the situation.

We are minutes away from the start of the game between Atalanta and Villarreal in the Champions League.

Under heavy snow, both Atalanta and Villarreal finished their warm-up phase to re-enter the field for the last game of the Champions League group stage.

99 Roberto Piccoli

13 Giuseppe Pezzella

19 Berat Djimsiti

 9 Luis Muriel

88 Mario Pasalic

57 Marco Sportiello

31 Francesco Rossi

59 Aleksei Miranchuk

77 Davide Zappacosta

18 Ruslan Malinovskyi

66 Matteo Lovato

7 Teun Koopmeiners

1 Sergio Asenjo

22 Aïssa Mandi

2 Mario

10 Vicente Iborra

14 Manu Trigueros

17 Raba

20 Rubén Peña

16 Boulaye Dia

9 Paco Alcácer 

11 Samu Chukwueze

35 Filip Jorgensen

24 Alfonso Pedraza

13 Gerónimo Rulli, 4 Pau Torres, 3 Raúl Albiol, 12 Pervis Estupiñán, 8 Juan Foyth, 5 Dani Parejo, 6 Étienne Capoue, 18 Alberto Moreno, 23 Moi Gómez, 15 Arnaut Danjuma, 7 Gerard Moreno.

1 Juan Musso, 28 Merih Demiral, 6 José Palomino, 2 Rafael Tolói, 15 Marten de Roon, 11 Remo Freuler, 32 Matteo Pessina, 3 Joakim Maehle, 33 Hans Hateboer, 91 Duván Zapata, 72 Josip Ilicic.

This was Villarreal's arrival to a complicated climate, but with the conviction of being able to win.

"We are better than what the results say. We have a good feeling, but it will be a very tough match," said Raúl Albiol.

OMG 🌨😱!#UCL pic.twitter.com/h6a414vQIV

— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) December 8, 2021

The snow is falling non-stop in Bergamo, so it could hinder the actions of the game, especially for those of the Yellow Submarine.

📍🏟 #GewissStadium, Bergamo ☃️

👀 Da dove guarderete la partita?
🗺 Where in the world are you watching #AtalantaVillarreal from?#UCL #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/jYUC0jQmbS

— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) December 8, 2021

A win or draw would be enough for Villarreal to secure second place in the group, but a defeat would drop them to third place and they would have to hope that Young Boys do not beat Manchester United.

Atalanta must win to advance to the round of 16, a draw or defeat is of no use to them and they would have to wait for Young Boys to lose in order to advance to the Europa League.

Atalanta and Villarreal are playing for their lives in the last match, as the winner will qualify and the loser will go to the Europa League or home. We begin with the coverage of the game.

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This is the start time of the game Atalanta vs Villarreal of 8th December in several countries:

Argentina: 5:00 PM in ESPN

Bolivia: 4:00 PM in ESPN

Brazil: 5:00 PM in ESPN

Chile: 4:00 PM in ESPN

Colombia: 3:00 PM in ESPN

Ecuador: 3:00 PM in ESPN

USA (ET): 3:00 PM in TUDN

Spain: 9:00 PM

Mexico: 2:00 PM in HBO Max

Paraguay: 5:00 PM in ESPN

Peru: 3:00 PM in ESPN

Uruguay: 5:00 PM in ESPN

The first and only meeting so far took place on September 14 in Spain with a 2-2 draw; Manu Trigueros and Danjuma scored for the Yellow Submarine, while Remo Freuler and Robin Gosens scored for the visitors.

Despite playing as a midfielder, the Spaniard Yeremi Pino has found it hard to contribute with goals as he has done in past seasons, emphasizing that in this Champions League group stage he has already scored one goal.

Little by little Ruslan Malinovskyi is starting to play a more important role in the midfield, where he also has the ability to join the attacking front and, in fact, he contributed with one of the goals in the last victory against Napoli.

13 Geronimo Rulli, 4 Pau Torres, 3 Raul Albiol, 24 Alfonso Pedraza, 8 Juan Foyth, 5 Dani Parejo, 6 Etienne Capoue, 23 Moi Gomez, 21 Yeremi Pino, 9 Paco Alcacer, 14 Manu Trigueros.

1 Juan Musso, 28 Merih Demiral, 6 José Palomino, 2 Rafael Tolói, 11 Remo Freuler, 15 Marten de Roon, 3 Joakim Maehle, 77 Davide Zappacosta, 91 Duván Zapata, 32 Matteo Pessina, 18 Ruslan Malinovskyi.

Villarreal is not having a good time in recent weeks either, but they need not to lose in their visit to Italy to continue with the dream of being in the Champions League, after the panorama in LaLiga has been complicated for them with 15 points in 16 dates, highlighting that they come from losing 1-0 at home to Sevilla.

The victory they let go in the last Champions League match against Young Boys is weighing on them but, despite this, they depend on themselves; however, the victory qualifies them, a draw would put them in the Europa League, although a defeat and victory of the Swiss team would leave them out of any European competition for the next semester.

In Serie A, they are on a run of three wins in a row, including two away to Juventus and last Saturday's 3-2 win over Atalanta.

Manchester United is the leader in the sector with 10 points and has already secured its place in the next round, but Villarreal, which is second with 7 points, and Atalanta, which is third with 6 points, will play for their place in this match; Young Boys is last with four points.

The Atalanta vs Villarreal match will be played at the Gewiss Stadium, in Bergamo, Italy. The kick-off is scheduled at 3:00 pm ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.