La solida difesa dell’Atalanta guidata da Hien: determinazione e abilità che durano nel tempo

Hien has taken the keys to Atalanta’s defense: freshness and solidity for a high-level rearguard

The walls of Città Alta, as imposing and robust as they may be, always need careful maintenance and structural reinforcement in modern times, providing greater security and long-term benefits. From maintenance work to the generational change in the other walls of the Orobic region, those of Atalanta have found their restructuring in Isak Hien, beyond the great work of Scalvini, Kolasinac, and Djimsiti: resistant yes, but with the Swede on the field, opposition pressures on a load distributed between the league and various cups tend to tickle where a stroke of black and blue paint would suffice.

Although the “delay” in arriving in the winter transfer window and not in the summer due to the Buongiorno deal confusion, Isak Hien did not take long to learn and consequently take his place as a starter, allowing a defense that had given everything and more between a short blanket and an age average that needed freshness, although a sweaty shirt that never seemed to be lacking.

Gradual playing time, a first taste against Sporting in the first leg and then consistently a starter from March 14, sending a message to Atalanta about a possible new jacket to put on the market, possibly with lots of pockets given the number of attackers to put in it: from Gyokeres who scared half of Europe to the top scorer of the Champions of Italy Osimhen.

With grit, skill in winning back the ball, physical strength, and the ability to always be clean in every tackle, especially in one-on-one situations, showing a lot of personality. A pivot that was needed, meeting Atalanta’s expectations that saw in him the perfect profile to consolidate “its own walls” in Italy and in Europe.