It is now clear that Atalanta will be in a more advantageous position in the second leg, as they will be playing at home. And Atalanta's chances of advancing to the quarter-finals are quite significant. Since when playing away to Sporting Lisbon's, Atalanta managed to hold the home team to a 1-1 draw.
You are right, Atalanta will play at home, they have the advantage for Leg 2. They actually dominated the match in Leg 1, they were just unlucky scoring 1 goal only. In Leg 2, they must try harder and probably will score some goals at home. Atalanta will have extra motivation to play at home, they are playing at a more comfortable stadium as well due to its own stadium.
Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are the two main candidate teams for the championship. Xabi is experiencing great management this year. Apart from Xabi, it will be a last year for Klopp as well, so I hope he will be successful. Liverpool players, who want to give a trophy to Klopp, are very motivated for UEL. They are the strongest candidate for the championship.
True. Most people agree that Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen will have the high chance to be in the final round. It makes sense because Liverpool and Leverkusen are the teams that can play most consistently in Europa League and in their domestic league, too.