Gian Piero Gasperini celebrated , however above all was happy ‘for the primary time in weeks, no person else obtained harm’ of their epic damage disaster.
La Dea have been coping with and had little room for squad rotation throughout their 1-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat to Bologna or at present’s journey to the Stadio Bentegodi.
Nevertheless, they ran riot with a 5-0 victory because of Mateo Retegui bagging 4 targets, round a lone Ederson addition from the remainder of the squad.
“We had the sport heading in the right direction within the first half, whereas within the second we obtained to introduce some completely different gamers and keep away from some additional accidents,” after going into the break with a 4-0 benefit.
“At the moment, for the primary time in weeks, no person else obtained harm. That’s a very powerful factor for us.”
Gasperini experimenting with Atalanta squad
Ademola Lookman is a kind of on the therapy desk, so Charles De Ketelaere is looking for his manner on the left flank.
“When Lookman is match, each of them put together to play on the flank of their weaker foot, however through the course of a match they will swap locations. De Ketelaere tends to chop inside extra when he’s on the appropriate, whereas on the left he tends to go straight for aim.
“He was decisive within the first half with a hand in the most effective strikes. When he has these actions, the entire group assault improves.”
Gasperini now has to arrange Atalanta for the Champions League play-off, the place they go to Belgians Membership Brugge on Wednesday night.
“We love the Champions League and once we get these fixtures, each little bodily ache disappears. It’s true that we’ve not earned as many factors lately, however we have been so unfortunate in opposition to Torino and had completed rather well within the Coppa Italia with Bologna till the late aim.
“Our outcomes lately haven’t been good, however we have been slowed down by accidents, a few of them very critical. Even the smaller accidents imply in case you are out for 2 weeks, you miss six video games.”
Earlier than this triumph, Gasperini’s males had received solely one in every of their final six Serie A matches and have been recent off the midweek Coppa Italia loss to Bologna.
