Atalanta has not had a lot go right the last of month. From injuries, to transfers, to direct rivals somehow unearthing seemingly more points than available to earn the last few terms, Atalanta is now in a dogfight for a… Continue Reading
Date: February 13, 2022Time: 20:45 CET, 14:45 EST Just when you think the start to 2022 could not get any rockier for Atalanta, the scheduling gods have other plans. Yes Atalanta has the fortune of facing off against Juventus, wrapping… Continue Reading
Up one man with ten minutes to go, Atalanta wanted to do its upmost to guarantee that it would not have to play an additional thirty minutes of extra time football. Well, La Dea made it happen; except no one… Continue Reading
Date: February 10, 2022Time: 18:00 CET, 12:00 EST Short memory everyone! Atalanta hopefully gets to put its weekend woes aside and look for redemption against a Fiorentina side that is sharing in Atalanta’s recent misery. Atalanta lose Duvan for the… Continue Reading
IntroductionPart 1 – VelocityPart 2 – PressingPart 3 – The LiberoPart 4 – Bringing The Attack Together As everything comes together in Atalanta’s tactic, let’s move a bit back on the pitch and dive deeper into the duties of the… Continue Reading
If you told me that Cagliari would be missing Joao Pedro, Nahitan Nandez, Keita Balde, and Leonardo Pavoletti for Sunday’s clash, the response to this information would not be ‘is Atalanta going to win?’ but rather ‘how many goals will… Continue Reading
Date: February 6, 2022Time: 12:30 CET, 6:30 EST The Serie A calendar kicks off again after a much needed break, with Atalanta welcoming relegation scrappers Cagliari onto the mainland. Atalanta gets the early kickoff for the second time this year,… Continue Reading
IntroductionPart 1 – VelocityPart 2 – PressingPart 3 – The Libero The first three parts of the series delved into a more theoretical approach that hopefully laid a solid foundation as to why Atalanta should set up in the manner… Continue Reading
Atalanta finished up it’s winter business further fortifying its attack with the signing of Parma’s Valentin Mihăilă on a loan deal with an option to buy. Should Atalanta go through an permanently purchase the Romanian, La Dea will look to… Continue Reading
IntroductionPart 1 – VelocityPart 2 – Pressing The first two parts of the tactical series laid out a plan to leverage possession velocity, by creating opportunities that shorten the pitch, cause confusion in defensive transition, and permit the offense to… Continue Reading