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Atalanta Bergamo's Mario Pasalic (Up) celebrates scoring his side's third goal with teammates during the UEFA Champions League Intermediate Round second leg soccer match between Atalanta Bergamo and Borussia Dortmund at New Balance Arena. Federico Gambarini/dpa
A debatable penalty in stoppage time helped Atalanta dramatically dump Borussia Dortmund out of the Champions League after overturning a first-leg deficit to march into the last 16.
The Germans were favourites coming into Wednesday's play-off second leg in Italy after their 2-0 win at home last week. But they could not cope with Atalanta's verve or their own frailties as Gianluca Scamacca, Davide Zappacosta and Mario Pašalić put the hosts 3-0 up.
Karim Adeyemi levelled the tie in style before Dortmund team mate Ramy Bensebaini, the fall guy all night, was adjudged to have conceded a spot-kick when clearing the ball and Lazar Samardžić converted eight minutes in stoppage time.
The Italians won 4-1 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate to leave Dortmund seething at themselves and the match officials.
It means an all-German last 16 clash is no longer certain in Friday's draw, with Bayern Munich facing either Atalanta or Bayer Leverkusen, who got past Olympiacos Piraeus in their play-off on Tuesday.
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Atalanta players celebrate their side's second goal during the UEFA Champions League Intermediate Round second leg soccer match between Atalanta Bergamo and Borussia Dortmund at New Balance Arena. Federico Gambarini/dpa
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Atalanta Bergamo's Gianluca Scamacca (C) celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the UEFA Champions League Intermediate Round second leg soccer match between Atalanta Bergamo and Borussia Dortmund at New Balance Arena. Federico Gambarini/dpa
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Atalanta Bergamo's Gianluca Scamacca (R) scores his side's first goal during the UEFA Champions League Intermediate Round second leg soccer match between Atalanta Bergamo and Borussia Dortmund at New Balance Arena. Federico Gambarini/dpa
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Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi (C) celebrates scoring his side's first goal with teammates during the UEFA Champions League Intermediate Round second leg soccer match between Atalanta Bergamo and Borussia Dortmund at New Balance Arena. Federico Gambarini/dpa
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