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piotrr

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No Serie A team has ever scored as many goals as Atalanta have in their first 9 games since the start of the 3 point era (28 goals)
Also, the only teams in Europe to score more than them after 9 games have been Manchester City & Ajax (1 more)


At the same time they're getting embarassed in CL. Serie A :tuttosport:
 

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Cerval said:
CL is a completely different animal. Plus for them making it to the CL was like their biggest achievement ever. Everything that follows is bonus, it's like a really small country makes it to the World Cup, they go there with a vacation mindset.
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It's mind boggling how so many people don't get this. Almost every team that makes it to the CL for the first time (or after qualifying after a long hiatus) performs very badly. The change in tempo, tactics and even the way the referees control the game makes a huge difference. Besides, many teams are overwhelmed by the occasion.
 
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Cerval said:
CL is a completely different animal. Plus for them making it to the CL was like their biggest achievement ever. Everything that follows is bonus, it's like a really small country makes it to the World Cup, they go there with a vacation mindset.
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I beg to differ. Though not the World Cup, Iceland at EURO 2016 reached the quarter finals after sending England home.
 
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Cerval said:
CL is a completely different animal. Plus for them making it to the CL was like their biggest achievement ever. Everything that follows is bonus, it's like a really small country makes it to the World Cup, they go there with a vacation mindset.
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CL is undoubtedly a bigger stage, but not that big that you lose all your games scoring 2 and conceding 11.

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campionesidd said:
It's mind boggling how so many people don't get this. Almost every team that makes it to the CL for the first time (or after qualifying after a long hiatus) performs very badly. The change in tempo, tactics and even the way the referees control the game makes a huge difference. Besides, many teams are overwhelmed by the occasion.
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Like Leicester City?
 
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I think experience seems to be a big factor in the CL. Some of these small Eastern European sides manage to do decent in the CL because they play in it every season. But a side like Atalanta experiencing its first season in the CL? With players who've never been there are going to struggle.
 
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piotrr said:
No Serie A team has ever scored as many goals as Atalanta have in their first 9 games since the start of the 3 point era (28 goals)
Also, the only teams in Europe to score more than them after 9 games have been Manchester City & Ajax (1 more)


At the same time they're getting embarassed in CL. Serie A :tuttosport:
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And we only have 16 goals in 9 matches, with the most beautiful attacking footie coach in football and Ronaldo. :cry:
 
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I appreciate the respect given to Juve by Gasp; and he is absolutely right of course in that the Scudetto is ours to lose.
 
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Ronn said:
CL is undoubtedly a bigger stage, but not that big that you lose all your games scoring 2 and conceding 11.

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Like Leicester City?
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That’s the one major exception. Juventus, Liverpool, Dortmund, Tottenham, all went out in the group stage a season or two before they reached the final because they were inexperienced playing in the CL.
 
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campionesidd said:
That’s the one major exception. Juventus, Liverpool, Dortmund, Tottenham, all went out in the group stage a season or two before they reached the final because they were inexperienced playing in the CL.
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The point is none of them were this bad. Atalanta didn't just lose. They were humiliated.
 
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