
Atalanta captain Rafael Toloi had a moment after he hadn't thrown the ball at his opponent and slid over it – only to be sent a little later.
In the last moment of the Champions League collision of his party with Club Brugge – who won the Belgian side 5-2 on aggregated – the defender with Maxim de Cuyper clashed.
In a heating moment, Toloi tried to throw the ball to the Bruges defender, who had turned his back, but instead fell when the ball slipped out of his grip.
He quickly got up again and stormed on the Cuyper, walked him from behind before bundling both himself and the Bruges player on the floor.
Referee Felix Zwayer quickly waved a red card for the Atalanta skipper, who had to be stopped by teammates while protesting with the civil servant.
The incident took place in the last moments of the game, already arranged with the score, which means that his resignation had little effect on the outcome of the game.
In the night, teenager Chemsdine Talbi scored an early double when Club Brugge stormed a three goals lead before he attacked a second half.
Ferran Jutgla scored the other goal of the visitors when Bruges surprised the Italian side with a 3-0 rest lead, but in the second half they had to fight a desperate rear-guard campaign while their hosts wanted to call an improbable comeback.
Breaher lookman withdrew one goal for Atalanta, but then saved a fine by veteran goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who made several other important stops to hinder home hopes and see the Belgian side go to the last 16 5-2 in total.
The elimination of Atalanta was added to a disastrous night for Italian football, after the exit of AC Milan earlier when they were held on a 1-1 draw by visitors Feyenoord of the Netherlands and left the Champions League 2-1 in total.
Elsewhere in the night, the dreams of the Champions League of Celtic were crushed in the cruelest way when they were admitted in the 94th minute to crash in Bayern Munich.
The Scottish champions led 1-0 on the night thanks to the goal of Nicolas-Gereke Kuhn and were on the way to extra time with the aggregated score on 2-2.
Celtic has not made the last 16 since 2012-2013, but against all opportunities, the side of Brendan Rodgers seemed to have a chance after a fighting performance in the Allianz Arena.
But in the last minute of the stop time, Alphonso Davies jumped on a rebound after a Kasper Schmeichel Save to Prod Home from Close Range and Dump Celtic from the Champions League.
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