Atalanta wants to add three in their first game of 2021. The Bergamo team needs a victory that will put them back in qualifying positions for international tournaments and receives a direct rival at Gewiss Stadium, Sassuolo who is located in the fourth box of the standings, two places more than the Goddess .
The technical director Gian Piero Gasperini summoned Johan Mojica, Luis Fernando Muriel and Duván Zapata for the meeting this Sunday. The Italian coach spoke at the press conference about the two Colombian forwards and the risks they must take when attacking. In addition, he assured that he constantly asks them, as well as his colleagues, to have variants on the attack front.
“Josip Ilicic is a player who is fully recovered, he is taking risks with the ball and that means he can lose it sometimes, but it has always been that way. It is important that we have alternatives in all roles so that everyone can contribute and be in good shape. The same happens with Luis Fernando Muriel and Duván Zapata, “said the coach.
“The mentality with which we approach this final phase of the season will be crucial. It is a more balanced league than usual and, consequently, also more interesting, “he added.
Muriel and Duván, for the first goal of 2021
Luis Fernando Muriel comes from scoring a double with Atalanta, with which he reached his 100th goal in Europe, while Duván Zapata is two scores from that same mark. Now, against Sassuolo, a rival who has already been converted, they hope to score their first goals in 2021.
El Toro, who this season has only scored three goals in Serie A, has scored seven goals against Sassuolo, five of them with the Atalanta shirt, while the Atlantic striker has done it three times, two with Sampdoria and one with Udinese.
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The match between Atalanta and Sassuolo, valid for the fifteenth date of Serie A, It will be played this Sunday, January 3 at 9:00 am (Colombian time) at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo.
