Chelsea, Maresca: “An intense challenge against Atalanta, I took after Gasperini”

World champion, fifth place in the championship (three games in a row without victories) and 10 points in the Champions League, the same as Atalanta. The Chelsea that arrives in Bergamo is a top club with a rising star like Estevao and without the now established one by the name of Cole Palmer. The Englishman remained in London to manage the condition. The Blues still remain a strong team even without him. “I am in love with Atalanta because being abroad is a source of pride for us Italians – explained Enzo Maresca in the conference -. I congratulate the club and the team, I have followed them for years and I tried to take something from Gasperini”. What will tomorrow’s challenge be like? “Intense, they are an aggressive team that will want to play their own race.” Has Serie A changed since your time as a player? “Certainly from a tactical point of view. Many teams try to do something similar to what Gasperini’s Atalanta has introduced in recent years. They play five at the back, they play one-on-one, they follow you everywhere, even to the bathroom.”