Quarter finalist of the Champions League, Atalanta is irresistible since the resumption of Serie A. Champagne football, fire attack, dbrids matches … The Italian club confirms that it is the big sensation of the season in Europe .
The Atalanta realizes an exceptional season.
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The coronavirus crisis could have had an impact on their morale. The Atalanta players made a tragedy that hit Bergamo, hit hard by the epidemic, a real force. While they had been left in a sparkling form before the cut, Gian Piero Gasperini’s men left with the same intentions.
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Indeed, La Dea is still just as irresistible. Since the recovery, the Bergamasques have enjoyed three victories in as many outings, finding the fault 10 times against Sassuolo (4-1), Lazio (3-2) and Udinese (3-2). Three successes which allow Atalanta to strengthen its 4th place with 9 points ahead of AS Rome, 5th, 10 days before the end of the championship. Suffice to say that a new qualification for the Champions League, in which the Italian club is still in the running for the 2019-2020 edition, is in very good shape.
Proof that Atalanta is equal, it has, from far away, the best attack in Serie A with already 80 goals scored. Only four teams have done better after 28 days in the history of Calcio: AC Milan in 1950-1951 with 91 goals, then in 1949-1950 with 90 goals, Fiorentina in 1958-1959 with 86 goals and Inter Milan in 1950-1951 with 81 goals. Teams from another time, in another football. By way of comparison, Lazio (64), Juventus (56), Inter Milan (56) and AS Rome (53) have been largely behind since the start of the exercise.
In the European gratin, collectively and individually
In terms of goals scored since the start of the season, all competitions combined, Atalanta (98 goals in 37 games) is among the best European teams. Only six clubs, namely Bayern Munich (139 goals in 46 games), Paris Saint-Germain (130 goals in 44 games), Manchester City (121 goals in 49 games), RB Leipzig (105 goals in 45 games), Borussia Dortmund (102 goals in 45 games) and Liverpool (102 goals in 50 games) did better. If we look at the ratio, Atalanta climbs to 3rd place with 2.62 goals / match. It is only ahead of Bayern (3.02) and PSG (2.95).
Individually, Atalanta is also very strong. Among the 9 best goalscorers in Serie A, three move with LaDea: Josip Ilicic (15), Luis Muriel (15) and Duvan Zapata (14). No team offers such performance. Atalanta is also one of the three European clubs which have at least 7 different scorers at least 5 league goals with in addition Robin Gosens (8), Alejandro Gomez (6), Ruslan Malinovskiy (5) and Mario Pasalic (5 ). There is only Borussia Dortmund (Sancho, Haland, Reus, Guerreiro, Hazard, Alcacer, Hakimi) and Borussia Mnchengladbach (Pla, Thuram, Stindl, Embolo, Herrmann, Bensebaini, Hoffmann).
The best come?
And now ? Well, Atalanta can dream even bigger. Much bigger. With a place in the TOP 4 of Serie A in very good shape, the transalpine formation will be one of the possibilities of Final 8 in the Champions League. Brilliantly qualified against Valence (4-1, 4-3), during the 8th finals, the protians of Gian Piero Gasperini know that it is the year or never, for their first participation, to achieve an exploit in the most prestigious European competitions. In any case, we will have to be prepared to release such a formidable team that intends to ride the wave of success …
Some figures on the Atalanta season
0 : as the number of points after the group stage in the Champions League
2,62 : as the ratio of the number of goals scored per game
3 : as the number of matches with at least 7 goals scored
7 : as the number of players having scored at least 5 goals in Serie A
14 : as the number of matches with at least 3 goals scored
18 : as the number of goals scored by defenders
22 : as the number of points won after being threatened with Serie A score. No club does better.
35 : as the sum, in millions of euros, of the payroll. Only 12th in Serie A, 10 times less than Juventus
41 : like the difference in Serie A butsen. No club does better.
80 : like the number of goals scored in Serie A, the best attack
97 : as the number of goals scored in all competitions
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