MILAN (Reuters) - Atalanta, facing one of the biggest matches in the club's 112-year history, will be playing away at home on Sunday as they bid to pip one of the two Milan teams to a place in next season's Champions League.
The Bergamo team's own stadium began rebuilding work this month and they are playing their final home matches of the season at the Maipei ground in Reggio Emilia -- which happens to be the home of Sassuolo, their opponents on Sunday.
Atalanta, Serie A's topscorers with 74 goals, are third with 66 points from their 37 games ahead of Inter Milan on their head-to-head record, with AC Milan fifth on 65 and AS Roma sixth on 63."Our confidence is now sky high and that is going to be crucial," said Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini after his team held Juventus 1-1 away last Sunday to extend their unbeaten league run to 12 matches.
AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso is a similar position as his team prepare to visit SPAL. Milan set the Champions League as their clear target their season and Gattuso could be fired even if they qualify. Fiorentina, who returned to the top flight in 2004 after recovering from bankruptcy and have been ever-present since, host Genoa and defeat will condemn them to the second tier if Udinese avoid losing.
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