A red card will always dramatically turn the game state on its head When the red card is early, it may even spoil the spectacle, yet Como and Atalanta Bergamo played out a crazy goalless draw: one in...

As Vincenzo Italiano fails to find a solution to Bologna’s bad form, Raffaele Palladino has brought a positive environment back to Atalanta Bergamo In both avenues in which Bologna tried to attack,...

Cristian Chivu and Raffaele Palladino oversaw a relentless display of physical football at the Gewiss Stadium, where structural organization was traded for a grueling man-to-man war A game defined by...

Twelfth in Serie A, ruing the days of an eternal figurehead, Raffaele Palladino entered Bergamo with no easy task at hand Yet a convincing win against one of Europe’s elites can totally change the...

The pressure is on for Antonio Conte and newly-appointed Rafaelle Palladino, to repair their fractured frameworks Three goals before half-time gave Napoli a new lease of life in their 3-4-3 system,...

A tense clash between Olympique de Marseille and Atalanta BC would end with a healthy dose of controversy when Atalanta took advantage of Marseille’s protests for a penalty to deliver a knockout...

A sixth 1-1 draw has been recorded by Atalanta Bergamo this season In this game, they controlled the proceedings after an early AC Milan lead, but a more balanced game state was found in the second...

After Atalanta shaped Italian football over the past decade, Como and their manager Fabregas are now emerging as the new force on the rise Although this match was seen as a symbolic handover,...

Two mistakes created the conditions for both goals, in a match where the two teams showed all the limitations of their game plans Both managers seemed to lack ideas on how to break down the...

Luis Enrique’s men once again delivered another football recital, dismantling the Italian pressing system, with Nuno Mendes shining as what he truly is: the best full-back on the planetTactical...