This is not the first time that Atalanta is will be playing in the Champions league. They have been in the competition in previous times and they fully understand what it takes play in the Champions league. In my opinion any team that manage to win the europa league can cope with the demands of the Champions league. Atalanta did very well in the europa league last season, they even performed far better than some clubs that participated in the Champions league. The only difference is that here they will be playing with more bigger clubs that boast of more squad dept and experienced managers. But I believe that Atalanta can survive the group stages and even make it as far as the knock out stages. Atlanta is not the least club in the Champions league, I know it will be difficult for them to win the Champions league, but they are also a strong side that can win clubs with same ranking as them. Sometimes they can even win bigger clubs too. They did it against Liverpool last season, under Jurgen Klopp.
I can’t recall of recent when Atalanta played in the champions league, they could see a different game this time around in my opinion. They have been playing a great game since from the days of their performance in the Europa League that game them the championship there last season. Having an automatic promotion to the champions league was something worthy for them because they earned it with their exceptional performance in the Europa league.
They may be facing bigger clubs in the champions league and the rhyme of the league will be different this time around if they don’t put that same energy they did the last time that gave them a lot of chances to go far in the Europa league last season. Champions league requires more and if they don’t give as much as expected, they’ll definitely not go far in the champions league and will be eliminated early.