Lazio-Atalanta 0-2, Gasperini: – La Gazzetta dello Sport

The Champions playoff belongs to the Goddess. Atalanta clears the Olimpico and flies to third place in the standings (41 points), on an equal footing with Roma and Milan. On the sidelines of the victory over Lazio (0-2), Gian Piero Gasperini did not hide his satisfaction from Sky Sport and Dazn: “It was one of our best performances, considering the value of the opponent and the match we played: this is one of those matches that can give you great confidence, against an opponent who had led us to play one of our worst games in the first leg – said the Atalanta coach to the television microphones – This is a team that must be more choral, but also has characteristics of speed that he didn’t have before: Ederson did very well tonight as well”.

Analyzing the match, Gasperini admitted that “I struggle to find the man of the match. We have shown that we know how to play against level teams and I am happy about it. In the middle we have interchangeable players and in rotations we can give fewer points of reference. This group has done even beyond what he could have done. After a good start we had a fluctuating phase and now we’re coming out”. Then Gasperini spent honeyed words for Rasmus Hojlund (protagonist with the Nerazzurri doubling): “He has considerable margins, energy, intensity and technical qualities. He has very similar characteristics to Haaland, especially in accelerations. Hojlund is a very fast player, on the hundred meters he is under eleven seconds “. And about Atalanta’s goals Gasperini said that” performances like this give confidence and you are convinced you can repeat them. We have moved the limits we had and the championship is a long stage race. Here at Atalanta there aren’t many young players but of high quality, supported by experienced players who want to be competitive“.

Author of the Atalanta advantage with a great shot into the cross, Davide Zappacosta spoke to Sky Sport: “The goal was a liberation: I had a difficult period but I’m happy to have scored and to have helped the team conquer the three points – explained the former Roma and Chelsea full-back -. I want to dedicate the network to my future wife Camilla, to my grandmother who has her birthday today and to the victims of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake. Today’s is an important success: there we were missing an away win against a big team. This year Rome has brought us good luck, but the championship is still long: if we win these matches, we’ll give a strong signal”. Captain Rafael Toloi explained, again to Sky Sport, that “to achieve results at the Olimpico you have to play with quality and defend well: we did it and we could have even scored more goals. These are three important points but the championship is still long . Hojlund? He has extraordinary qualities and with coach Gasperini he can become one of the strong”.