Atalanta, Gasperini: “We like the Champions League”

The Gasp glass is not half full, it is full. The regret of having slipped from seventh to ninth place by gaining an extra shift is buried under a genuine and sincere happiness, which in the end leads the Atalanta coach to joke: “The goal? Winning the Champions League. The Scudetto is not enough. O Triplete, here, the triple “. He laughs Gasp, gets up and goes happy. The taste had explained it shortly before: “We are inside the Champions League, we will play again and we like to be crazy to participate in this competition. There are four years of the last five and we have taken taste: these games enhance our players so much and the Our work, in these evenings do not win the cup but you put an extra medal around the neck “. And again: “We are Atalanta and we must be happy to measure ourselves with the best European teams, Barcelona was not in our collection of great opponents, perhaps we still miss Bayern, and every game at this level is a great experience Hearing our many fans in these stadiums is magnificent.

gifts

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The third even of this 2025 which for the Nerazzurri goes up and down after those with Udinese and Juventus, has a very different, very pleasant flavor. Gasp has once again shown his qualities, legitimizing what was said on the eve of the “gifts” on the eve, that is, any purchases that would not be a gift to him but to a team that deserves them and that could still grow to continue His brilliant struggle in Italy and Europe. Atalanta is always competitive, however and with anyone. His European prestige, net of ignorance of the full -back Blaugrana Balde, has grown exponentially in the last 12 months thanks to the work of Gasperini, who has brought to the continent as well as good for years in Italy. The draw and if we continue to talk about gifts, the Atalanta by equal to Montjuic offered a decidedly tempered winter ending, and in the absurd night of the great Champions League the temperatures of the possible opponents in some moments had dropped below zero . Now for Gasperini there are Sporting or Bruges in the playoff, and Lilla or Aston Villa if you are left over the round of 16. All feasible. A defeat would have changed everything. “Sporting or Bruges does not change much – says the technician – They are two strong teams. Sporting we know him well, we faced it four times last year, the Bruges told me De Kielarere who comes from 20 useful results, they are strong We see, in the Champions League is all complicated. “

the spirit

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The spirit on Friday is the draw. “Too bad to have taken the wooden medal. But I repeat, we like to play in the Champions League so much and in 15 days we will feel the music again, we will be away with many fans in tow, for Bergamo this is a party, it is the Champions League, We must be happy. The injured closure is dedicated to the medical bulletin: “For Kolasinac it is a recurring ankle problem, but he is a highlander and will recover. For Scalvini he is harder: he came out his shoulder and on the pitch they could not reduce it, so He had a lot of pain.