Am I not seeing this wrong? Isn't this too cruel for Atalanta? even they can't do anything in front of Parma.
It seems that Serie A next season will present a new strong figure and actually this is an old face that has started to show its revival again. Parma wants to prove that they are a team full of history and try to make history again in Serie A as a promotion team next season. Atalanta looks helpless in front of Parma and we know that these two teams will also face each other for a season and what if Atalanta can't avenge their defeat in this pre-season match, wouldn't it be a little annoying?
Well, Atalanta have to work hard because after winning the Europa League they can't lower their quality and as a fairly favored team I hope they won't weaken.
It doesn't matter what the result is in a friendly match and I wonder why you're so fixated on the result in a friendly match like this. Because basically is clear, they didn't play as they should have, and they didn't play with the same effort as when they played in the Europa League final. After all, in the near future Atalanta also still have to make good preparations because Atalanta will play in the UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid.
Thus, it would be very wrong if Atalanta played optimally with full strength in such an unimportant friendly match. So,don't be surprised if Atalanta are beaten badly by Parma, after all the real match will happen in the new season later, and of course the results will be very different,and the results in friendly matches can in no way be used as an assessment of the quality of the team for next season.
Friendly matches are only an opportunity to maximize the game strategy from of coach each team at this time, but even so, defeat is still something that is avoided by the teams playing in these matches, apart from seeing the performance of the young players, coaches often field several of their main players. in a friendly match to restore their playing performance and also provide mental support for the young players so that they are ready to face important matches next season, looking at Atlanta's defeat to Parma, maybe we can't judge their performance next season as bad at the moment, but I saw that in this match, Atlanta played very chaotically even though he fielded several of his main players.
The friendly match against Parma was actually one of their trials before facing Madrid in the European Super Cup, but apart from suffering a crushing defeat against Parma, currently Atlanta is experiencing a huge loss after they also lost Scamacca because ACL injury in the match, We know he is the main actor and top scorer of the club that appeared quite great last season in the European league and Serie A, so losing him would mean a huge loss for atlanta.