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The Italian Cup, for Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta, represents the first match point to make the season unforgettable. In fact, at the sixth participation, the Dea has the opportunity to bring home the national trophy for the second time in its history; after the first, dated 1963, the Nerazzurri suffered four final defeats. A curse that the coach wants to stop: “I always thought that the Italian Cup was the only possible trophy for Atalanta as the Champions League and the Scudetto were too distant. It’s the third final in five years; the others didn’t go well but we are stubborn. Now we have every intention of being able to win the final”, the coach’s words.
A challenge for Atalanta to demonstrate their strength, the result of a journey that began long ago and is now ripe to reap the fruits of hard work. Even if Gasperini rejects the role of favorite, so much so as to underline how this “has always counted for little. I hope that we will arrive at Juventus with the same spirit shown with Roma; if we know how to put it on the field we will have a better chance. But Juventus remains an undoubtedly strong team “, continues the technician. What will weigh heavily, however, will be the absence of Gianluca Scamacca, booked in the second leg semi-final and disqualified for the final act: “Tactically, Scamacca’s absence will force us to find other situations and I feel sorry for him who was deprived of one final. Maybe we should think about adapting to what happens in Europe. The warnings, at least in the semi-finals, are eliminated because this becomes a shame as in the finals there must always be the best players.”
The only possibility for Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus is not to end the year with zero titles, as happened last year. The Bianconeri, with participation in the next Champions League in their pocket, are clinging to the Italian Cup, the lifeboat of a season that could have been magical but, instead, did not become so. “For all of us it could be the last final, it doesn’t mean that each of us can play another one next year”, begins Allegri, aware that certain trains, especially in certain seasons, are not to be missed. To those who point out to the Juventus coach that his Juventus arrive at the big match as underdogs, something decidedly unusual for the Juventus club, he replies that “matches must be won on the pitch. From experience, the thing I have learned is that football it can be reversed for or against. We must have the belief that we can bring home the trophy and we will put everything we have to win this cup.”
A success that would allow Massimiliano Allegri to become the first coach in history to lift the Italian Cup five times, thus moving away from Sven Goran Eriksson and Roberto Mancini, who are stuck together with the Livornese at four. But for the coach there is only the present represented by Atalanta who “are experiencing a moment of great euphoria, we must be good at playing a final match”, in his words. The Juventus season was a particular one, experienced with great euphoria for the possible championship fight with Inter, before the decline of the last few days. Allegri, however, underlines how the important thing is that “next year Juventus participates in the Champions League. It seems like a small goal but there are times when if you can’t win you still have to have goals”. The Italian Cup, therefore, could be the life preserver to hold on to because, as admitted by Danilo, “winning this final would give meaning to the season. For us, this would be a reward for our teamwork.
For further information ANSA Agency From the Quirinale to the Olimpico, everything is ready for the Italian Cup – News – Ansa.it Juve and Atalanta from Mattarella. Gasperini: ‘Meritocracy exists’ (ANSA)
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2024-05-15 20:46:21
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