Milan, Paulo Fonseca doesn’t mince words about Atalanta
The words of Paulo Fonseca
After the convincing victories against Empoli and Sassuolo, Milan è awaited by a real test of the "nine", against Gian Piero Gasperini's Atalanta, which comes from eight consecutive successes between the league and Champions League. In a press conference, the Rossoneri coach bluntly analyzed the challenge awaiting his boys.
"There is no good time to face a team like Atalanta. We are growing and we have confidence, but it won't be an easy match as they come from eight consecutive victories with 25 goals scored and only 4 conceded. It will be a very tough match, but we are ready to play it with confidence" began the Rossoneri coach.
"I think Gasperini è was the pioneer of this extreme way of playing man-to-man and now everyone in Europe has the awareness of how complicated it is to face a team like Atalanta. Their way of playing è has become a benchmark for several top clubs such as Bayern Munich and Stuttgart" continued the Portuguese coach.
"Compared to three or four games ago, we were able to gain more confidence defensively and that helped us offensively as well. We are in a good moment, but winning with Atalanta would help us to have even more conviction in our means in view of the future. It will be a good test for us, because they are really strong in attack, so it will be a good test to see how we will know how to defend and attack against such a strong team" added the former Lille coach.
"Rafa è very much grown in the last few weeks, but he still has huge room for improvement. He has done well in the defensive phase, but I am not totally satisfied, because he has the potential to do amcora better. He has scored five goals, he canò score 20. We have to be demanding of ourselves and he has to do that too, he has to be ambitious. He's on the right track, but he must not stop now" Paulo Fonseca commented on Rafael Leao.