Every club wants the highest achievement in every season, including a club as big as AC Milan. But this desire will be difficult to achieve when the financial condition of the club does not support. After the era of Silvio Berlusconi, AC Milan is like a middle class club in the Italian League.
Rearrangement of players was carried out at every change of coach in the club. Very different conditions in the era of Carlo Ancelotti’s coaching, which only bought 1 to 3 important players according to the needs of the team in each line. There is mutual understanding between the players so that it becomes a club to be feared up to the Champions League level.
But, there is no need to regret the impact of regeneration of players who do not run smoothly due to the limitations of fresh funds the club has. Hence, it ultimately rely on players on loan from clubs who no longer use his services.
So, what makes Italian league interesting right now? Not a big club like AS Roma or even Juventus who brought star player, Cristiano Ronaldo. Juventus also fills a row of star players in each line of the club. Thus, it seems natural every time AC Milan is defeated when competing against Juventus.
What makes it interesting is the mediocre club that in the last 2 seasons performed an interesting game even though it was inhabited by players who were not well known. The club is Atalanta. It is one of the clubs that was never taken into account in the era of the glory of AC Milan with Carlo Ancelotti’s troops.
In the 2018-2019 season, Atalanta managed to end the Serie A League by finishing 3rd in the table below Juventus and Napoli. This success makes Atalanta incised history for the first time qualifying for the Champions League since 111 years.
Yet, Atalanta needs adaptation to undergo his debut playing in the Champions league. A league that brings together the best clubs in mainland Europe. Atalanta will only be a club that is merely “hitching a ride” at the event unlike clubs like the AC Milan, AS Roma, Lazio, Inter Milan, and Juventus.
In the initial match, they were defeated host Dinamo Zagreb. After that Atalanta slowly got up and managed to accompany the rich club of the English League, Manchester City, in the last 16 after succeeding as runner-up group.
Atalanta is even more confident, even with a squad that is not as classy as other rich clubs. The Spanish League club who have appeared several times in the Champions League were humiliated by a score of 4-1 in the 16th round match leg-1 at home. Thus, that is not impossible Atalanta become a team that will qualify for Round 8.
This is going to be interesting awaits. An ordinary club with extraordinary achievements in the last 2 seasons.
