“Among the starters there were two boys, Bonfanti and Del Lungo. The others were all from the first team squad: at the back we defended well and the two of them helped, at the front Muriel and Miranchuk made the difference in the first half.”
Gian Piero Gasperini, from ArcelorMittal Park in Sosnowiec, comments on the winning turnover policy after the 4-0 against Rakow in the last match of group D of the Europa League.
“We leave with more certainties and a larger squad waiting to recover players – says the Atalanta coach -.
There were important performances for the team, such as those of Pasalic, Holm who improved and Hateboer on the defensive level. We also need alternatives from a championship perspective.”
A comment also on the European scoring record in the club’s history of Luis Muriel, who with tonight’s brace surpassed Josip Ilicic with 12 goals: “I understand that at times he would have wanted to play more, but I’m keeping Muriel on the bench precisely to his extraordinary ability to come in and score beautiful and difficult goals. However, I won’t give up on putting him on the pitch”, underlines Gasperini.
Returning to the young people joining the first team, a round of applause for the two defenders: “Bonfanti is now always with us, Del Lungo on the other hand has gone through a difficult moment but at the Under 23s in Serie C he is having good games”. But then Gasperini excludes the confirmation of the youth line in view of the postponement on Monday evening in Bergamo against Salernitana: “I hope to recover Scalvini and Djimsiti as best as possible. I kept the starters rested for this very reason, but from today I have to we have a decidedly wider roster available, something that we had lacked until now.”
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