Gian Piero Gasperini joked that he want to win the treble with Atalanta after within the Champions League on Wednesday night time, and in addition gave his evaluation of his group’s two potential opponents within the play-off spherical.
Gasperini was filled with pleasure in a second of reflection after , as a result of though his aspect have needed to accept a spot within the play-offs relatively than the spherical of 16, he believes the event has been an exquisite expertise for his gamers and followers alike thus far.
La Dea got here from behind twice to earn a 2-2 attract Barcelona. Ederson and Mario Pasalic each hit well-taken objectives to cancel out earlier efforts from Lamine Yamal and Ronald Araujo.
“There isn’t a comparability, we’re within the Champions League,” Gasperini instructed the media throughout his post-match press convention, reported by way of .
“We’ll play in opposition to both Sporting or Brugge, it’s not that we aren’t used to it, we performed within the Champions League for 4 years. One of these sport helps the group a lot, it’s how we interpret it.”
Gasperini: ‘We’re Atalanta, we should all the time be blissful within the Champions League’
He continued: “We’re Atalanta, we should all the time be blissful to play within the Champions League, to measure ourselves in opposition to the most effective groups in Europe. Now it’s solely Bayern of the massive groups who we’re lacking. For us, it’s all been an awesome expertise, to listen to our followers singing in these stadiums.”
There was a quick damage replace after Sead Kolasinac and Giorgio Scalvini had been withdrawn within the second half. It was a very merciless blow for the younger Italian, who needed to be stretchered off with a possible dislocated shoulder, not lengthy after his return from a cruciate ligament (ACL) damage.
“Kolasinac isn’t nice, and we’re sorry for Scalvini as a result of he has a shoulder drawback, which is a threat. We’re so sorry it occurred like that, we don’t know if he must be operated on within the subsequent few days.”
And on Atalanta’s potential play-off opponents, Gasperini added: “Brugge and Sporting are sturdy groups, now we have confronted the Biancoverdi 4 occasions already. De Ketelaere has been telling us that the Belgians are coming off twenty consecutive successes. It was inconceivable to keep away from a troublesome group prior to now, not to mention after.”
Gasperini was additionally requested about his Champions League ambitions provided that he has simply drawn in opposition to the second-highest ranked group within the competitors. He replied: Profitable the Champions League, or relatively a treble could be higher,” he laughed.
