Youth, muscle and attitude: Lecce win at Atalanta validates Baroni methods
O n paper, it looked like a game Atalanta should win. They had been rounding into form since the start of 2023, piling up goals and muscling their way back into the fight for Champions League places. last weekend, a 2-0 win away to Lazio leapfrogged them above the Rome club into fourth, so Sunday’s fixture at home to 13th-placed Lecce should have been straightforward by comparison.