 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pavakadzokera kuSerie A, Atalanta vakapedza zviri nyore vari pachinzvimbo chegumi muna 1972, asi vakadzikiswa muna 1973pashure pemakore maviri chete adzokerazve muchikamu chepamusoro. Pakutanga kwemwaka wa1972-73, Atalanta haina kubvuma zvibodzwa mumitambo yayo mitanhatu yekutanga uye yaifungidzirwa kuti yakasimba kwazvo kuzvidzivirira, asi yakabva yadonha mukurasikirwa ne9-3 kurwisa Milan, ichisiya vese vatambi uye vateveri vanoshanyira kuSan Siro vakakatyamadzwa. Atalanta akabva atambura mumwaka wese uye akadzingwa pazuva rekupedzisira remutambo nekuda kwekusiyana kwechinangwa chakaderera - kurasikirwa kukuru neMilan kunoratidza kuti kwakakosha pakudzikiswa kwekirabhu. Chikwata chacho chakarasikirwawo nemukana wekuchengetedza kuchengeteka mumitambo mitatu yekupedzisira yemwaka, ichirasikirwa neimwe yadzo. 