Having completed the first-ever Serie A title in Atalanta history in the 2023/24 campaign, the expectations were heightened for the next campaign.
Atalanta Avventura | Part 15: Defending Serie A
Atalanta Avventura: Part 14 – Championes Championes
The old adage of "you can't win anything with kids" has been well and truly proved wrong by a youthful Atalanta side consisting of just one player aged more than 23. The virtually unthinkable when this game began in 2018 has come to fruition at the end of the sixth campaign, with Atalanta wrapping up... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura: Part 13 – Unbelievable Form!
The number 13 may be unlucky for some, but the 13th part of our story with Atalanta sees us go on a run of unbelievable form that undoubtedly required a whole load of luck.
Atalanta Avventura | Part 12: Champions League Push
The mid-way point of the 2022/23 season saw in a World Cup in December, as France defended their crown in Qatar. Heading back to domestic issues, the young Atalanta boys were struggling compared to previous seasons, down in 7th place in Serie A. Another major outgoing came the next month, as club captain Dan-Axel Zagadou... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 9: Blooding the Youth
We came into the fourth season with Atalanta having broken the club's record league finish in the previous two campaigns - finishing third in 2019/20 and second in 2021/22. So prospects of improvement in 2021/22 were unlikely - especially as rivals Inter Milan and Juventus spent £229 million and £65 million respectively. We, in comparison,... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 7: Rewriting History
Mid-way through the 2020/21 campaign we found ourselves once again exceeding expectations, sitting nicely in the top four and with a decent chance of challenging the mighty Inter Milan, AS Roma and Juventus for the Serie A title.
Atalanta Avventura | Part 6: Heady Heights
After recording the best-ever finish in Atalanta's history, expectations increased heading into the 2020-21 campaign. Indeed, the board bumped our lowest possible expectation for the season from 'mid-table finish' up to 'top-half finish.' Another summer of outgoings preceded the campaign, with 26 players exiting the club either on permanent transfers, being released or on loan.... Continue Reading →
Atalanta Avventura | Part 5: Best-Ever Finish
The summer of 2019 saw plenty of change in Bergamo, with more than 50 players departing the club and a decent handful coming in. With that in mind, and given the fact that most the new arrivals were youth prospects, I wasn't expecting much. However, I've somehow managed to build an Atalanta team that is... Continue Reading →
Weird FIFA’s weird awards ceremony
This article was first published on my Medium page. FIFA has always been a weird organisation. From the really awful activities of Sepp Blatter and co through to the modern day weirdness of last night’s very odd ‘Best FIFA Football Awards’ — which in itself doesn’t make any sense. Admittedly, I didn’t watch it, I wasn’t interested,... Continue Reading →
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