"We're definitely not coming here to manage the game and the result. That won't get us anywhere. We want to try to impose our own game. If we can score a goal, then we'll have a lot more confidence. The first leg was a good result, but nothing more. That's why we'll clearly focus on our game."
"We have to be sharp and we have to be good, and if we want to advance to the next round, we need to push ourselves to the limit. And the limit is always 100%."
"Before this season, there had been 126 occasions of a team winning the first leg of a Champions League knockout tie by two or more goals - only 15 have been eliminated, most recently Barcelona by Liverpool in the 2018-19 semi-finals (4-3 on aggregate)."
Borussia Dortmund holds a 2-0 first-leg advantage over Atalanta in their Champions League play-off tie following goals from Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier. Manager Niko Kovac emphasizes the team must play at 100% intensity in the second leg in Bergamo, refusing to adopt a defensive approach. Historically, teams winning first-leg knockout ties by two or more goals rarely get eliminated, with only 15 eliminations from 126 occasions before this season. Dortmund have progressed from seven of nine Champions League knockout ties when winning the first leg. However, Kovac remains cautious given Dortmund's poor recent away form in European competition, winning only one of their last five Champions League away matches.
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