DBasia.news – One season playing in the Champions League in his debut season which went brilliantly until he reached the knockout phase, has been a valuable experience for Atalanta. La Dea – nicknamed Atalanta – is now increasingly showing off in the Champions League.
Joined in group D with Midtjylland, Liverpool and Ajax Amsterdam, Atalanta is a dark horse (even a strong candidate) to qualify for the knockout phase with Liverpool. The status pinned is not wrong.
Just look at their first trip this season in Group D when they played against Midtjylland at the MCH Arena, Thursday (22/10). Atalanta won convincingly with a score of 4-0 through goals scored by Duvan Zapata, Alejandro “Papu” Gomez, Luis Muriel, and Aleksei Miranchuk.
Atalanta completely terrorized the host’s defense with 18 kicks and 10 kicks on target (producing four goals), plus 53 percent possession. This great performance means: Atalanta cannot be seen as a small team anymore.
The 2020-2021 season has just started Atalanta has scored 17 goals in five matches this season in all competitions. Gian Piero Gasperini’s football philosophy is increasingly dangerous for the opponent’s defense.
Gomez as team captain insists his team learned from last season’s failure in the knockout phase when they lost to PSG. The next target has been set by Atalanta against Ajax Amsterdam in the second group match.
“This team has a very different level of experience and above all confidence compared to last season,” Gomez told Sky Sport Italia.
“We also know that anything can happen in the group stage and we have to keep fighting until the last game. If we win the next game against Ajax, we will be in a good position and hope to progress to the next round.”
“Atalanta is not only gaining experience in this competition, because almost all of my team-mates in the team are international players, so these are all games that help us to develop,” explained Gomez.
Atalanta has always scored at least two goals or more to reach four and five goals in this season’s matches. Their striker Duvan Zapata has scored 67 goals in 85 appearances for Atalanta since the 2018-2019 season. It is interesting to see their progress this season in Serie A and also in Europe.