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Atalanta hosted Bayern Munich at the New Balance Arena for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, and the game ended in a heavy 1-6 loss for the hosts.

The result was shocking yet somehow expected, given the gap in quality between the two teams’ players.

More importantly, Bayern Munich were very organised and ambitious going into this game and did not underestimate their opponent, which helped them a lot psychologically.

In fact, Bayern Munich secured 90% of their qualification to the next round following their outstanding performance in this match, making the second leg less decisive in terms of the result, as everything had already been decided in this first leg.

In this tactical analysis, however, the focus will be on Atalanta’s game plan, the changes made to surprise Bayern Munich, and why it failed in this match.

Villarreal CF are having a great La Liga season, sitting in fourth place, tied on points with Atlético Madrid at 54.

However, they had a very poor UCL season, finishing 35th out of 36 with one point in eight matches.

This was their first European competition since 2023/2024, so it definitely had some changes they had to get used to, which they couldn’t manage.

In this Villarreal tactical analysis, we are going to look at Villarreal CF and their issues in the Champions League, and what they need to improve to make further runs in European competitions under Marcelino García Toral.

Marcelino walked into the club on 13th November 2023.

Villarreal were sitting in 14th place in La Liga at the time, having won just three of their first 13 league games.

He has now been in charge for 110 games with an average of 1.71 points per match.

His longest stint before this was also at Villarreal (2013-2016), managing 177 matches and earning 1.72 points per match.

He’s on pace to beat his previous PPM with this new stint at the club.

SC Freiburg face KRC Genk in the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg.

Take a look at Julian Schuster's tactics and if he can push them through this competition.

Bologna take on Roma in a Italian matchup for the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg.

Take a look at Vincenzo Italiano's tactics and philosophy from 2023 and what you could see today in Bologna's side.

Lille take on Aston Villa for the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg.

Take a look at Bruno Génésio's tactics and philosophy from 2022/2023 and what you could see today from his side.