Italian team leaving a place in Georgia (7)
I believe the answer is:
atlanta
'in georgia' is the definition.
('Atlanta' is part of 'georgia')
'italian team leaving a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'place' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atlanta that I've seen before include "City hosting the 1996 Olympics" , "Nineteen ninety six Olympic city" , "Capital city of Georgia, USA" , "US Georgia state capital" , "US city, famously burned by Sherman's army during the civil war" .)