On the eve of the match against Olympiacos, the coach was moved by speaking of the company’s turning point. And on the emergency in attack: “We are trying Sportiello and Rossi … Take a free agent? It is not an evaluation that has been made”
There was a moment, during the press conference on the eve of Olympiacos-Atalanta, in which Gian Piero Gasperini’s voice was cracked and the coach had a hint of emotion. It was when he was asked about the arrival of the Americans in society: “When President Antonio Percassi and his son Luca informed me of this negotiation that was taking place, there was a moment of great emotion because we had the feeling of having done something important to attract the attention of these groups. An era is probably closing, but I believe that Atalanta can become stronger and perhaps achieve better results than those achieved so far. “
tomorrow’s game
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Gasperini had already said in the first leg that the decisive match would be tomorrow and does not change his mind. And the new rule on away goals, which no longer counts as double, “changes things a bit compared to the past. Tomorrow we would have risked being out with 1-0 for them, I find this formula much more correct because to overcome the round must necessarily make a win and a draw or a victory with many goals. The first leg gave us the feeling that we can play our game, with a lot of respect for Olympiacos, but I think we can use ours characteristics without too many tactical alchemy “. The recent problems in Serie A, according to the coach, will not affect. “Playing is the best medicine, playing is the thing we do best also to get rid of the heavy controversies that followed Sunday’s game in Florence, and not just that …”.
Irony
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Gasperini also uses irony when he is reminded of the emergency in attack: “Even in the emergency we were able to equalize with Inter, Lazio and Juventus. We also managed to score goals, even if sometimes they didn’t give us. … We are trying more solutions in attack, not just Pasalic. I’m also trying Sportiello, Rossi too, we can rotate well … “, he smiles. “Looking for a free agent? No, it’s not an evaluation that has been made. Probably there weren’t the right profiles, then Zapata got hurt on the first day after the transfer market … We don’t have a few forwards, the fact is that we have 4 out, we can’t have 10. Sometimes seasons like these happen, you have to make up for the problems with the strength you have. I’m not dissatisfied with the team, we try to be competitive. The difficulties arose from other situations “, and the reference is obviously to arbitration errors.
the importance of the cups
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Gasp expects a different match from Olympiacos compared to the first leg, “they have excellent players in attack, even in substitutions that can change the game, but we will confirm our identity”. They ask him if the cups do not risk being penalizing for those who also have important goals in the league. But the Atalanta coach is clear: “I prefer to always play them. The cups have given us a lot in terms of growth, maturation, experience, quality improvement. In certain moments it is true that they can take away something, but less than what they have. they add “.
February 23, 2022 (change February 23, 2022 | 21:08)
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