📅 25/02/26🕒 17:45🏟️ New Balance Arena🧑⚖️ Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez, Spain
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Atalanta 4-1 Borussia Dortmund — xTears 22.26 (25/02/26)
Atalanta won 4-1 against Borussia Dortmund on 25 February 2026 in the Champions League, even with the xTears split tilting slightly the other way. Total damage: 22.26 xTears.
Even with the xTears split leaning slightly the other way, the heaviest moments for Atalanta still ran through G. Scamacca 5' goal (+1.41 xT) and L. Samardžić 90' penalty (+1.88 xT).
The scoreboard and xTears did not tell exactly the same story: Atalanta punished better without fully owning the emotional volume. The bench changed the match in one move: K. Adeyemi and C. Chukwuemeka at 75'. The match lost its cool with 6 yellows and 3 reds. R. Bensebaïni eventually walked for a second booking. The whistle kept getting involved under Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez, Spain, with 1 VAR call.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
-5'
Red card
G. Scalvini - Atalanta
-5'
Red card
N. Schlotterbeck - Borussia Dortmund
5'
Goal
G. Scamacca - Atalanta
Assist: L. Bernasconi
45'
Goal
D. Zappacosta - Atalanta
57'
Goal
M. Pašalić - Atalanta
Assist: M. de Roon
75'
Goal
K. Adeyemi - Borussia Dortmund
Assist: C. Chukwuemeka
90'
Penalty
L. Samardžić - Atalanta
90+6'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
N. Krstović - Atalanta
90+7'
Red card
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
Absolute chaos
🧨
13.75
90+7'
Red card
+2.06 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
90'
Penalty
+1.88 xT
L. Samardžić - Atalanta
90+6'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.54 xT
N. Krstović - Atalanta
5'
Goal
+1.41 xT
G. Scamacca - Atalanta
Assist: L. Bernasconi
All-out war
🟥
10.44
90+7'
Red card
+2.06 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
G. Scalvini - Atalanta
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
N. Schlotterbeck - Borussia Dortmund
90+7'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
8.20
90+7'
Red card
+2.06 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
90'
Penalty
+1.88 xT
L. Samardžić - Atalanta
90+6'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.54 xT
N. Krstović - Atalanta
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
G. Scalvini - Atalanta
Late drama
🔥
7.14
90+7'
Red card
+2.06 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
90'
Penalty
+1.88 xT
L. Samardžić - Atalanta
90+6'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.54 xT
N. Krstović - Atalanta
90+7'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
Cruelty
😈
2.06
90+7'
Red card
+2.06 xT
R. Bensebaïni - Borussia Dortmund
Crushed hope
💔
Never really sparked
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Nothing big fed this one.