Europa League, Bayer-Atalanta, Gasperini: “Very difficult match, great satisfaction”

“In the second half we suffered too much but between the first half and the first half, we deserved it. I hope the goal will give Boga further momentum.” Luca Percassi: “What is happening is extraordinary and also very difficult”

A suffered success, even if the 0-0 would have been enough. Atalanta flies to the quarter-finals of the Europa League and Gasperini can only be happy: “It was a great satisfaction to reach the quarter-finals after a very difficult match, in the second half we suffered too much but overall, between the first half and the first half, we deserved it. happy with qualification “.

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“This is a competition where as you go on it becomes very difficult – continues the technician on Sky’s microphones -. You find stronger and stronger teams. Let’s wait for the draw. Are all of them going well except Barcelona? Well, not so much, there are some. other tough ones … For tonight let’s enjoy the qualification. With the break we hope to recover Zapata as well. Once we scored more but we also conceded more goals? It’s okay to win 1-0, but we can do better in terms of play. heart and belonging are very important values ​​but on a technical level we must have the ambition to do more. Boga has speed and dribbling, if he finds space he is in the best conditions to perform at the top. He still needs to fit fully into a more important context. , we hope that the goal will give him the impetus for a greater evolution. ” Finally, a thought for the Bayer coach, Gerardo Seoane: “I congratulated him on his work, he is a young coach but with excellent ideas and he carries on with flexibility a young, fast and technical team, as I like it”.

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Boga enjoys the match goal: “It’s very important because it takes us to the next round – he says to Sky – I’ve been waiting for it for a while and now he’ll give me confidence for the rest of the season. Physically I still have to improve, but I grow every game. We always want to score, but today the defense was great, we deserved the victory. We knew it would be difficult, Bayer have quality players. ” Luca Percassi smiles: “We are very happy, a painful match against a really strong team, it is a source of pride for the city and the fans to have passed. A great goal achieved. Every European experience allows us to grow, learn and improve. We are recovering all the players. and we are also preparing for the final rush in the league, where we have been penalized for a number of reasons. What is the easiest way to reach the Champions League? We have been penalized but we have been silent. We realize that our reality has a certain dimension, we must believe that what is happening is extraordinary and also very difficult. It is not taken for granted, on the contrary. This year too it will be difficult. it is satisfaction because we know where we come from “.

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