Atalanta-Roma, Gasperini: “The goal? Hands in Svilar’s face and the touch of his arm”

A bitter return to that Bergamo where he built a sporting miracle. Gian Piero Gasperini lost against Atalanta amid controversy over the goal conceded to Scalvini and the arguments with Palladino. The Roma coach, caught by Juve in the standings, was unable to overcome the deficit this time either. “It’s no coincidence, there are many games that we don’t come back from. We have to grow, when we go behind we never reach a draw. After 18 games this is a clear characteristic”, admits Gasp. Which also comes back strongly on Scalvini’s goal. “An absurd goal for what the VAR rules are at the moment, the players were certain that it was irregular. It’s inexplicable that it was validated and that mistakes like this are made. We stopped for 3 minutes to evaluate it, then they don’t turn us around. So the rules change every time. There are hands in Svilar’s face and the touch of the arm, an absurdity never seen before.” Then Gasperini focuses on the match.

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“We came close to taking the lead twice in a sensational way – added the coach -. The goal made life easy for a very strong Atalanta. I am happy with Roma’s performance, we were no less than the Nerazzurri and we are certainly not diminished. Atalanta is a team built over the years and which plays in the Champions League, we are only at the beginning of a journey and in any case we are ahead in the standings”. The problem is above all in the offensive department where Ferguson and Dovbyk made a significant impact today too. “But it wasn’t easy against such physically strong opponents, we’re sorry we didn’t materialize. These matches are based on episodes and we didn’t have any in our favor.” Gasperini then defends Dybala who at the start of the match preferred to serve Ferguson rather than kick on goal: “It’s ungenerous to say, you miss some goals even at 20 years old. It was certainly a sensational opportunity.”

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Finally, a few words on the return to Bergamo and the verbal clashes with Palladino: “In the ninety minutes I only thought about Roma, and rightly so. The arguments with Palladino? You can’t protest about everything, like that foul on Mancini. But these are match situations that begin and end on the pitch. Their goal, however, determined the result, this stuff is outside of football.”