Atalanta target for next season? - Avoid relegation


  • Football
  • Thursday, 13 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Hellas Verona v Atalanta - Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy - July 18, 2020 Atalanta's Duvan Zapata celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

(Reuters) - After their remarkable run in the Champions League and record-equalling third-place finish in Serie A, Atalanta have already set their main target for next season: avoid relegation.

The provincial club's 2019-20 Champions League run ended in heart-breaking fashion on Wednesday as they conceded two very late goals to lose 2-1 to Paris St Germain, a club with vastly superior spending power, in their quarter-final in Lisbon.

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