Forget Juve, Barca and Chelsea, Atalanta are Europe's best over the last eight games
Atalanta don’t just have an enterprising Coach, a promising batch of young players and a playmaker in Alejandro Gomez.
As if boasting the likes of Mattia Caldara, Andrea Conti, Etrit Berisha and Roberto Gagliardini wasn’t enough, the Orobici have also earned 22 points out of a possible 24 in Serie A play… a record in Europe!
No team in the Top 5 leagues has done anywhere near as well: forget Bayern, Barcelona or Chelsea: in the last eight games, only RB Leipzig have a comparable total, their 20 falling just short, though enough to top the Bundesliga. Juventus, for their part, have 21.
This charge has allowed them to take fifth place, and is confirmation that Giampiero Gasperini is far from a spent force in the coaching world.
Much-reviled by many Inter fans for failing in the 2011-2012 season, it looks like he has something more to give.
The Orobici boast wins against Inter, Roma, Genoa, Sassuolo and Napoli in that time, failing only to beat Fiorentina (0-0). They have conceded only three goals in that time.
