The Atalanta coach: “There’s a bit of disappointment but we’ll recover quickly. It’s a match that will teach us a lot”
Zero points, a thousand applause. Atalanta lost to some superstars Real Madrid at home but played a splendid match. Gian Piero Gasperini framed the Dea’s performance in this way to Sky Sport: “We both tried to win, it was a good match, there’s a bit of disappointment but we’ll recover quickly. We’ll come away learning something, we’re still missing one comma, it will be one more reason to prepare, to grow. We were defeated in terms of numbers but not in performance.”
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“Real’s all-out pressing? They’re capable of anything. Having reached a draw, we deluded ourselves that we could win, we could have done a little more in the first half, been more concrete, they took the lead and then closed well. We’ll see again the situations but I’m really happy with everyone’s performance. It’s a way to try to improve further. We played well, we could have been more dangerous. It was a great lesson a very long streak and we had we sensed the possibility of getting a result from these matches. They are always capable of scoring goals, Mbappé’s one was beautiful, we were unlucky in Vinicius’ one, we had confidence and it took away a bit of energy. but then we found it again. If they won it it’s because they have an extra comma. Over time we have to understand that we can play against these teams, Inter in the league, Liverpool, City. It was a beautiful evening.”