Over the next few years, the club played consistently in the top flight and achieved some good results against metropolitan teams, earning a reputation as the "provinciale terribile" (terrible provincial team). These included four victories in eight matches between 1945 and 1949 against the "Grande Torino", the Torino team that won the "Scudetto" each of these years. In the 1947–48 Serie A, Atalanta achieved a fifth-place finish under coach Ivo Fiorentini (who returned for a second spell at the club). This campaign included victories over the "Grande Torino", Milan, Bologna, and Inter (3–0 at San Siro), and was the club's highest league finish until 2017. As a result of Atalanta's performances this season, goalkeeper Giuseppe Casari and midfielder Giacomo Mari became the first Atalanta players to be called up to the Italian national team; they formed part of the squads for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and 1950 FIFA World Cup.