The Atalanta coach on the eve of the match against Empoli: “They wait until we don’t get a result to criticize us.” And then he returns to the refereeing against Milan in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup
From our correspondent Matteo Brega
April 27 – 2.44pm – ZINGONIA (BG)
After Wednesday’s celebration for winning the Italian Cup final, Atalanta returns to focus on the championship in the race for fifth place which is worthy of the Champions League. And tomorrow Empoli arrives in Bergamo. “We need to win to stay close to those ahead of us and to break away from those chasing us – said Gian Piero Gasperini on the eve of the match -. We have already dropped two points against Verona…”. Tomorrow he will challenge Davide Nicola, who he knows well: “He’s having a good run in Empoli too, it’s an organized team.”
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As far as training is concerned, some evaluations need to be made, especially in defence. “Confidence and hope: this is what I said before today’s training for Scalvini and Kolasinac. Kolasinac was an excellent signing, fundamental I would say. It was a great move from our sporting director Tony D’Amico who signed him for free. He inserted himself quickly and raised the level of the defense.” With Toloi and Holm out due to injury, with Palomino out of the project (“He hasn’t trained with us for weeks now, a shame because he would have been useful to us”), with Kolasinac and Scalvini to be evaluated, with Bonfanti who still has to grow (“The C is not so reliable to think about trying it in the first team”), the abundance is not in defense but in attack. “We don’t think about individuals, but about departments – added the Dea coach -. We’re prolific up front also because we can rotate different elements and remain competitive in an ever-changing way.”
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And after the CEO’s suggestion Luca Percassi to Charles De Katelaere (“I would advise him to renovate his house in Bergamo”), Gasperini adds: “He still has room for improvement. My advice? When they ask me, I will say what I think. Now let’s think about the matches.” May will also be a busy month from the point of view of commitments: “I only ask fate not to lose players due to injuries, because for the rest we have now reached a good balance in the management of close commitments. And it is more difficult to recover nervous energy than physical energy.” The ending of the conference is more biting. “I have noticed polemical judgments towards us when we don’t achieve results, as if they were waiting for us to fall in order to criticize us” – said Gasperini. Who then returned to referee Di Bello with a specific question about the suffering in following the two Italian Cup semi-final matches from the stands due to the expulsion suffered in the quarterfinals against Milan with him as match referee. “I was sorry to follow the matches from the stands,” he explained. After causing enough disasters in the league, that referee now often referees in Serie B. At least there has been some justice.” The reference is perhaps to that Lazio-Milan with three players sent off at the Biancoceleste…
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