La Dea is in heaven: Gian Piero Gasperini enjoys his Atalanta’s triumph

La Dea è in heaven: Gian Piero Gasperini enjoys his Atalanta’s triumph

Here are the first warm words to the Sky Sport microphones of Gian Piero Gasperini, the Atalanta coach who after eight seasons on the Dea bench won the club’s first continental trophy the Europa League, after the extraordinary 3-0 victory over Baye Leverkusen in the final in Dublin.

"I think we wrote history, also because of the way we won. Extraordinary, we repeated Liverpool, Lisbon, etc. Sporting won the championship, when we faced Liverpool they were first in the Premier…. Unbelievable. The boys were extraordinary, a memorable performance".

"We often play with the trident, then there were all the conditions. We had to have dangerà, è a final and it only mattered to win. We knew that forcing a team like thatì could give us benefits, an extraordinary game":

"Sì, Bayer looked invincible but è without a shadow of a doubt deserved even in the score. We are overjoyed, winning the Europa League è a great feat. Response to detractors who accused him of not winning a trophy? I don’t think I’m any better than I was this afternoon…. Everyone has their own goals, of course for us we needed a cup and especially a cup so” prestigious”.

Then to the microphones of Rai Gasperini added: “Never as in these days we have felt the support of the people. The boys have been extraordinary, we were left indigestible by the Rome final of the Coppa Italia against Juventus because we had not played to the best of our ability".

"In Bergamo, after the great experience in Genoa, I found the mgliest conditions to work and we don’t set ourselves limits, we always want to do something more. Now we are celebrating! We had incredible stimuli to be in the running in all competitions. This è a trophy won with our means and our limits and I dedicate it to the cityà of Bergamo and the rest of Italy that supported us”.

Instead, these are the words of Antonio Percassi, the president of Atalanta, to Sky Sport: “È a dream come true… to see how much this fan base loves Atalanta è wonderful. Everyone in Bergamo will now be in the streets celebrating. È unexpected such a great result for such an important goal, Atalanta è in history. The great thing è to see the clubà growing all the time, and even the players have realized it".