Quote from: fadhilz123 on Today at 07:05:05 AM

Quote from: MarjorieZimmermanGinger on Today at 04:02:31 AM

That's when a team is lulled by the competitiveness they show and in the end they lose concentration and have to lose two consecutive matches against one team. The first defeat should be an evaluation for the team and they can learn from it to make changes in the second match, but what happened was that Napoli did not learn from their mistakes. The defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League should not affect Atalanta in Serie-A because they are still maintaining a positive trend and still have two points above Napoli in Serie-A. Both Atalanta and Napoli still have the opportunity to compete for the trophy, but how far can both be consistent until the end of the season.

The tension of the Champions League match is always different from matches in any league at this time so that the defeat experienced by Atalanta when hosting Real Madrid is a very common thing even though it is very painful for the Atalanta team itself because Atalanta is playing at home. But Atalanta itself is also very aware that Real Madrid is trying to win in order to secure itself into the playoff position so that it must be truly understood by Atalanta and also by its own fans. Because Real Madrid is not a team to be underestimated even though their current condition is not good.

Aside the different atmosphere in the champions League competition games but you also need to consider the opponents of any team before judging their performance and for the Atalanta and Real Madrid game, Atalanta normally is not a match when compared to the performance of Real Madrid this is because Real Madrid has more experience players in the champions league competition and the team has a better squad than Atalanta. Atalanta played very well but they should have won the game if not the goals they conceded very early in the second half, Real Madrid needed the win to still have hope in the champions league following their poor results so I believe they won against Atalanta to keep their hope alive and to play in the playoffs which is the best thing they could have done for a team that is not willing to lose out in the tournament this season. Atalanta played well I believe they will get better despite losing last night against a well known team in the champions League competition.