Atalanta, Raffaele Palladino wants to turn over a new leaf

Raffaele Palladino spurs his Atalanta team on the eve of the Champions League big match in Bergamo: “We need to turn the page after the bad performance in Verona. With Chelsea is the right opportunity to redeem ourselves. We have to battle on all fields and always be enthusiastic. We have to play hard, push and play with everyone”.

“I never look at rankings, against a team that is strong and complete in all departments we have to play the perfect game also to check our level. The opponent won the Club World Cup in the summer, they have great values, they are very strong. We want to give joy to our fans. In my downtime I studied Chelsea, with Enzo I played at Juventus and he is a friend. It is not that studying him, however, you win games”.

“De Ketelaere is doing a fantastic defensive phase, in addition to goals and assists he is expressing his great talent, taking on leadership responsibilities. Scamacca is growing in intensity in training, I want him to be meaner. The trequartista remains an’option in our ropes, like the trident, but Chelsea is already strong and I don”t want to give them the formation.