{"id":4315,"date":"2026-04-06T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/4315\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:12:12","slug":"palladino-atalanta-are-a-model-for-italian-football-with-faith-in-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/4315\/","title":{"rendered":"Palladino: \u2018Atalanta are a model for Italian football\u2019 with faith in youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raffaele Palladino explains the Atalanta \u2018mantra\u2019 ahead of today\u2019s match with Lecce, as fourth place is within reach, while this club can be \u2018a model for Italian football.\u2019<\/p>\n

It kicks off at the Stadio Via del Mare at 14.00 UK time (15.00 CEST).<\/p>\n

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You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today\u2019s four Serie A games on the Liveblog.<\/a><\/p>\n

Como were held to a 0-0 draw by Udinese earlier today, while Roma were swept aside 5-2 by Inter last night, so the race for fourth place is hotting up.<\/a><\/p>\n

A win here would take Atalanta to within five points of Como and the top four, with seven rounds left after that.<\/p>\n

Palladino trusts Atalanta model for success\"\"<\/p>\n

BERGAMO, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 09: Raffaele Palladino , Head Coach of Atalanta BC during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and US Cremonese at Gewiss Stadium on February 09, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur mantra over the last five months is to keep climbing that mountain,\u201d Palladino told DAZN Italia.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe won many games, were competitive in the Champions League, are still in the Coppa Italia, and now we are going into the last eight games of the Serie A season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must give everything, have no regrets and be ambitious, as is the style of this club.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BERGAMO, ITALY \u2013 JANUARY 14: Giorgio Scalvini of Atalanta BC looks on after the Serie A match between Atalanta and Juventus at Gewiss Stadium on January 14, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

So much has been said about the Italy crisis after failing to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup, and the main culprit is the lack of Italian representation in Serie A club football.<\/p>\n

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In that sense, Atalanta stand out as an example to others, especially as their youth academy has been churning out talent for a long time and their players receive passage to the senior squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I arrived here, I looked to Atalanta as a model for Italian football, because this is a club that believes in youth, not just Italian, even though over half the squad is Italian,\u201d noted Palladino.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that even if they make mistakes, we must give these young players belief and the time to grow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tendency is to drop players who make errors and then they get forgotten, whereas we are ready to keep the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BERGAMO, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 25: Gianluca Scamacca of Atalanta reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between Atalanta BC and Borussia Dortmund at Stadio di Bergamo on February 25, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

There are three Italians starting for Atalanta today, two in the Lecce XI, although it would\u2019ve been more if not for Gianluca Scamacca\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raffaele Palladino explains the Atalanta \u2018mantra\u2019 ahead of today\u2019s match with Lecce, as fourth place is within reach,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[414,114,416,1749,784,1353,44,1013,5,170,1895,3284,239,178,2913,3285],"class_list":{"0":"post-4315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-atalanta","9":"tag-bergamo","10":"tag-borussia-dortmund","11":"tag-como","12":"tag-gianluca-scamacca","13":"tag-giorgio-scalvini","14":"tag-inter","15":"tag-italian-football","16":"tag-italy","17":"tag-juventus","18":"tag-lecce","19":"tag-palladino","20":"tag-serie-a","21":"tag-udinese","22":"tag-us-cremonese","23":"tag-youth-academy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}