Atalanta, Gian Piero Gasperini sorry, not worried
This is the admission of Atalanta’s coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, after the defeat to Lazio: “Something has jammed in the choral quality of the conclusions and in the last pass, which is a bit’ the team’s visiting card. More than worried, I am sorry. If you don’t score, against a strong team that can defend, you don’t value anything. The result hurts especially for the race made by the players”.
The coach tries to explain the reasons for the third defeat in a row: “It is not that Lazio threw us a lot, the restarts we suffered a minimum only in the final. Some actions are not cataloged as dangerous because maybe the’last pass ends up to an opponent and not to a teammate. We played a lot inside the’area”.
“Going forward we are not more concrete and we struggle to make department. There are dangerous situations near the goal that don’t result in a shot or a save by the goalkeeper: we have presented ourselves many times with the ball on the foot inside the’area”, Gasperini insists. On the Lookman-Samardzic change, there’s been a miscommunication with the person who raised the board: “We had said ‘Ede’ meaning Ederson and it was understood ‘Ade’ meaning Ademola. But by then Lookman was off the field and there’was no chance to fix it” reveals Gasperini.
The coach of the Bergamaschi spurs his team: “These three consecutive defeats weigh heavily, everything has become more difficult but we have not compromised anything. If we win four games, we can reach the goal. With Bologna we need to find the right confidence”.
Finally, on the changes in attack that did not bring results: “The bench is fundamental, all teams with the five substitutions make changes up front– Gasperini closes -. Lazio, in fact, scored with one change: the forwards are more stressed than the other departments, they struggle to keep up the pace all game. It is not only a problem of forwards, because Kolasinac and Zappacosta also came close. The realization affects a little bit’ everyone”.
