DolmanGaz Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Amazing... Lookman has turned into prime Ronaldo for the evening!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 The unthinkable unbeaten treble finally falls. Lookman… one of the best individual performances of the season, and what a night to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Sensational performance. Doesn't surprise me really as they were fantastic against Liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Atalanta helped to crash Klopp’s send off, and looks like they are going to bring Alonso’s unbeaten run at Leverkusen to an end as well. Party poopers par excellence!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Atalanta are a remarkable club and Gasperini an exceptional manager who doesn't get the limelight he deserves. Delighted for them both. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 1 minute ago, chinapig said: Atalanta are a remarkable club and Gasperini an exceptional manager who doesn't get the limelight he deserves. Delighted for them both. Should have beaten Juve in the Coppa Italia too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 4 minutes ago, chinapig said: Atalanta are a remarkable club and Gasperini an exceptional manager who doesn't get the limelight he deserves. Delighted for them both. In a way I was hoping Bayer Leverkusen given their treble failure in 2002 would do it but delighted for both as you say. Atalanta...their budget, up against albeit not prime era Juventus, Milan clubs, Rome clubs, Napoli and possibly even Fiorentina year in year out- Gasperini has done very very well there and for a time they were one of the most exciting sides in Europe! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Best team won and what a performance from Lookman. Enjoyed that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 2 minutes ago, Gazred said: Best team won and what a performance from Lookman. Enjoyed that one. Very impressive from Atalanta. That defeat for Liverpool doesn’t seem so bad now . Outstanding performance Lookman . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Now that is front foot football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 City about the same size as Cheltenham. Quite remarkable really. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 (edited) I watch a bit of Serie A. Often been like that under Gasperini. I remember them in the CL a few years ago, they had an inauspicious first 4 games then..had a look. Dinamo Zagreb (H) 2-0 Shakhtar 3-0 (A A) (Away in Ukraine pre any war, in a qualification decider rather impressive). Valencia (H) 4-1 Valencia (A) 4-3 Goals at both ends- beat Everton 8-1 across two UEFA Cup Group games in 2017 too. Fun side. Edited May 22 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said: I watch a bit of Serie A. Often been like that under Gasperini. I remember them inthe CL a few years ago, they had an inauspicious first 4 games then..had a look. Dinamo Zagreb (H) 2-0 Shakhtar 3-0 (A A) (Away in Ukraine, in a qualification decider rather impressive). Valencia (H) 4-1 Valencia (A) 4-3 Goals at both ends- beat Everton 8-1 across two UEFA Cup Group games in 2017 too. Fun side. You mean there is a way to play that doesn’t just try to bore the opposition into submission and bore the pants off the team’s supporters in the process? Surely this can’t be the case, because that’s what we had been told was “front foot” football has turned out to be, and that there is only one tactical way in the “modern” game. Who is going to tell Manning?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 50 minutes ago, DolmanGaz said: Amazing... Lookman has turned into prime Ronaldo for the evening!! That another £100m Chelsea will spend this summer!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 54 minutes ago, Dr Balls said: You mean there is a way to play that doesn’t just try to bore the opposition into submission and bore the pants off the team’s supporters in the process? Surely this can’t be the case, because that’s what we had been told was “front foot” football has turned out to be, and that there is only one tactical way in the “modern” game. Who is going to tell Manning?! Very true- a back 3 with wingbacks at that. Atalanta seem to be and have been greater than the sum of their parts and it is out of nowhere too..they had an inauspicious start in 2016-17, Gasperini was under a bit of pressure too. They can be direct, they can play with some possession, or attack minded that is neither possession nor direct. Net spend is a misleading metric but a quick look at Transfermarkt suggests €154m Profit across 8 seasons. Their rise defies logic really but all credit..a lower midtable Serie A club with their best days long behind them in Summer 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/atalanta-europe-biggest-overachievers-trophy-gasperini-deserve/blta5be06f357e56f8c#cs175b95b1ca2235fa Good article too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 For the first quarter hour I was impressed by Leverkusen's passing, a quality City could only dream of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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