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4.00pm – At 4.15pm the Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini will speak from the Acqua Cetosa “Giulio Onesti” Olympic Preparation Center in Rome on the occasion of the UEFA Media Open Day in view of next Wednesday’s Europa League final. Follow the live text on TUTTOmercatoWEB
4.22pm – Gian Piero Gasperini’s press conference has begun
How did the night go? How much did you learn last night in view of Wednesday’s final?
“There wasn’t a night, yes yesterday we learned. We always say either we win or we learn, that’s fine. Yesterday was a match that left us disappointed, when you reach the final you’re always one step away from victory but I haven’t changed opinion We had a good match for the moment we are experiencing, it wasn’t a bad match and we certainly weren’t inferior to our opponents. It’s a shame about that episode at the start of the match, it was the third very important match in seven for us Thursday evening was tough against Marseille, Sunday against Roma was very tough after the 2-1 and the match was very tight. Yesterday was Wednesday, we didn’t do anything on Monday or Tuesday, yesterday I saw it for the first time little liveliness, the condition was there but we didn’t have the speed we needed to overcome the Juventus defense, we didn’t have the speed necessary to recover the result. The players gave everything, we could do little differently because those were the times and now we will have to play in Lecce in two days and there I will certainly have to make changes and prepare well for the final in Dublin where we must arrive in the best physical and mental condition.”
Paradoxically, how much weight could it have had to find yourself in the role of favorite yesterday?
“This condition doesn’t affect us, being favorites or not means nothing, a final is a final and unless the values are clearly different we live on balance. The team really gave everything, we never stuck to the excuse of physical condition, since February 27th we have been playing every three days and for the first time yesterday we lacked the right speed against the less ideal team for this reason, it was the real defeat of yesterday lost De Roon, losing 1-0 against this Juventus isn’t that bad. Overall, I don’t consider it such a negative final.”
