Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Atalanta
The series continues in which writers have the task of choosing a boiled-down team from club’s entire history
Stephen Kasiewicz for The Gentleman Ultra
The queen of the provincial clubs were crowned Europa League winners last season. Yet Atalanta have rarely been mentioned alongside the established Italian football royalty, the Bergamo side claiming just one domestic trophy before stunning Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin.
Despite this relative lack of success, plenty of recognisable names have featured for Atalanta in their 117-year history. I decided on an offensive-minded blend of players from three different generations, a combination of hair and flair which includes two forwards from the era of the notoriously demanding master tactician, Gian Piero Gasperini.
