BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 01: Gian Piero Gasperini, Head Coach of Atalanta, appears to be like on previous to the Serie A match between Atalanta and Torino at Gewiss Stadium on February 01, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Photos)
Gian Piero Gasperini has admitted that he wants a powerful group out there for the upcoming Champions League play-off second leg in opposition to Membership Brugge, therefore his rotations within the 0-0 draw in opposition to Cagliari, however insists that Atalanta ‘nonetheless imagine’ in a Scudetto problem regardless of being held at house on Saturday.
Atalanta have been held to a goalless draw at house to the Thirteenth-placed Cagliari in a recreation that was lacking in main probabilities till the ultimate jiffy.
You possibly can see how the motion unfolded on the Soccer Italia Liveblog.
Gasperini admitted that Atalanta have a ‘numerical problem’ in the intervening time, with Ademola Lookman, Gianluca Scamacca, Daniel Maldini, Sead Kolasinac, Odillon Kossounou and Giorgio Scalvini all at the moment unavailable via damage.
The coach additionally rested Charles De Ketelaere, Marten De Roon, Ederson, Davide Zappacosta, Raoul Bellanova and Berat Djimsiti for the 0-0 draw with Cagliari.
Gasperini discusses Atalanta rotations in Cagliari stalemate
Stefan Posch of Atalanta is challenged by Alessandro Deiola of Cagliari in the course of the Serie A match between Atalanta and Cagliari at Gewiss Stadium on February 15, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Photos)
Discussing his group choice with DAZN after full-time, Gasperini stated: “We may have gotten the factors on this manner, we have now a little bit of a numerical problem in assault at the moment. We discover it more durable to win video games, particularly at house regardless of dominating for a very long time, then we get this consequence.
“The standard of the sport was superb, we have now to acknowledge that we’re like this typically, we wrestle to materialise in one of these recreation. We got here out of this month on this manner, and we’re struggling just a little extra, however the group will slowly however absolutely end the second half of the season properly.”
The coach was additionally requested if he plans on watching both Lazio-Napoli or Juventus-Inter over the following two days.
He replied with an announcement of intent: “For the Scudetto? We imagine in it, and we are going to attempt to do every little thing to win it.”
He then hinted that his rotated group was due to the upcoming Champions League match in opposition to Membership Brugge on the Gewiss Stadium on Tuesday.
“We care loads, particularly after how the primary leg ended. They’ve technical and athletic qualities. We now have to attain objectives. Profitable the sport is just not sufficient, and it’s turn out to be sophisticated with that ending. We now have to try to do every little thing to get via the spherical, a spherical that on the eve of the match was inside our attain.”
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