Atalanta, Gian Piero Gasperini promotes Gianluca Scamacca: “Now smile.”

An important draw, including the recovery of a key player.

Atalanta were unbeaten in Lisbon, where they picked up a valuable 1-1 draw against Sporting that allows them to play for access to the Europa League quarterfinals in the return match scheduled for next week in Bergamo. For the Nerazzurri, however, another piece of good news came from Gianluca Scamacca’s goal. A player who is back from a difficult period, and whom Gian Piero Gasperini wanted to reward in his post-match statements.

"He è presented himself on the field free from the mental point of view, and this allowed him to make his plays – Gasperini said at the microphones of 'Sky Sport', referring to Scamacca -. He did well, he è committed himself for the team, scored goals and è was also unlucky. He has the numbers, and if he plays like this; there will never be any problems. Thatì is fine, now the important thing è that he smiles".

In the Atalanta household, however, there remains some bitterness for a result that could have been even better. Thusì Gasperini: " For the course of the match and the number of chances we created, we could have done even more. There were sensational moments, like the three posts, but the result remains positive. We will play for the passage of the round at home".