[Saba Sports News] Atalanta beat Udinese 2-1 at home to claim their sixth straight league win. With the first game of the round, Atlantia is level on points with Napoli at the top of the table and tops the table on goal difference. For the ambition in the Serie A title of the big giants, Atalanta is absolutely a can not be ignored opponent, they with a wave of six consecutive wins into the ranks of the title.
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This summer, Atalanta released the great Teun Koopmeiners for a high price, which caused the team’s midfield attack to suffer. At the same time, old ministers such as Milan Škriniar, Duvan Zapata, Hans Hateboer, and Juan Musso were purgated. Coach Gian Piero Gasperini brought in Reguilon, Belanova and Nicolo Zaniolo, Kossounou, Bresciani and Juan Cuadrado, and the buy-out of De Ketelaere, who was outstanding last season, have refreshed the entire starting line-up and strengthened the squad’s thickness.
After the start of the new season, Atalanta got off to a bad start, winning only two wins, losing three losses and drawing one in the first six rounds, and losing the European Super Cup. Since October, however, a revamped and adjusted Atlanta has been on a tear, winning six straight games in Serie A, including a 3-0 defeat of Napoli, a 5-1 home sweep of Genoa, a 6-1 thrashing of Verona and a 2-1 home comeback against Udinese. In the Champions League, Atalanta won two wins and two draws in the first four rounds, remaining unbeaten and progressing well.