Unheralded Atalanta threaten to upset the applecart

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MILAN (Reuters) - Defying the economics of modern European football, unheralded Atalanta are threatening to deny AC Milan their long-awaited return to the Champions League.

With another Juventus title win now a formality -- a draw at SPAL on Saturday will earn the Turin side an eighth successive Scudetto with six games to spare -- the real excitement in Serie A is now in the race for the Champions League slots.

Remarkably, however, Atalanta have refused to lie down and, with seven games left, are level on 52 points with fourth-placed Milan. They are followed by Roma and Lazio and Torino . But they rebuilt and enjoyed another impressive season in 2017-18 when they finished seventh in Serie A, reached the Coppa Italia semi-finals and topped their Europa League group.

In playmaker Alejandro Gomez, the gifted Josip Ilicic and powerful goalscorer Duvan Zapata, they have arguably Serie A's most potent attacking trio, even if that is partly offset by a leaky defence. Even after Sunday's 0-0 draw away to third-placed Inter Milan, he shied away from Champions League talk.

 

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