The Atalanta coach admitted after the clear victory against Cesena: “Having taken the lead straight away favored us”. His colleague on the Cesena bench: “At the beginning we were almost afraid of touching them and hurting them.”
“To reach Sofia Goggia’s level we have a lot of pasta to eat…”. Gian Piero Gasperini, after the 6-1 against Cesena in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup, comments on the words of the skier who says she finds herself in Atalanta in character: “Sofia is talented and determined even in overcoming injuries, we refer a lot to her tenacity and stubbornness“, explains the Nerazzurri coach.
With the Romagna players, despite having only 5 starters out of 11 in the starting line-up, the commitment was not taken lightly: “A good match, interpreted seriously from the start. There is always the risk of tackling matches like this with a reduced gear – the Gasperini’s analysis -. Taking the lead straight away helped usgave us the opportunity to play in large numbers and at a good pace.”
Head to Empoli
In Bergamo they are already thinking about the championship: “Ruggeri has a bad injury to his right foot, but today he trained and tomorrow he could already be added to the team. Empoli is a good team that plays well despite the latest defeat at home : we arrive with enthusiasm and enthusiasm.”
A new goal duo
Finally, on the understanding between Samardzic and De Ketelaere, both of whom scored twice, in an unprecedented trident: “You have fun if you manage to make good plays and your teammates are available. Matches like this serve to cement the understanding and exchanges. This is how scoring opportunities are created”, concludes Gasperini.
Mignani: “At the beginning we were almost afraid”
“The boys gave everything, I’m sorry for the too much awe in the first part of first half. So we conceded two goals straight away.”
Michele Mignani, coach of Cesena, commented on the defeat at Atalanta in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup as follows: “We should have been more aggressive and not conceded such easy goals. When instead they had the ball, the team proposed itself, played, she arrived in the area to try to hurt the opponent – the analysis of the Romagna coach – It was a match that was almost impossible to reverse, but the regret is that we were too light, without detracting from the quality of Atalanta”.
“The positive things? The personality, the way of moving the ball and causing problems for the opponents. Ceesay did well like Pieraccini, but it’s not a question of individuals. We need to become a little dirtier and meaner – concludes Mignani -. There couldn’t help but be a minimum of concern in the heads of my players, but this must not become fear. At first we were almost afraid of touching them and hurting them“.
