After the victory against Roma, the Atalanta coach sets no limits: “We have started this climb and improved the ranking: now I want to bring the club back to where it deserves”
A victory against a big team, the first of the season, doubly special because it came against the great former Gian Piero Gasperini, highly acclaimed by the fans. But then it’s every man for himself, as is normal. And in the end it was Atalanta who celebrated, beating Roma 1-0 to the delight of Raffaele Palladino: “A perfect, magical evening” he stated on Sky“the group, the club, wanted it, we all wanted to start 2026 with good intentions, against the best defense in the championship, a healthy team, a very good coach. I liked the spirit of the team, the courage: I’m proud of this performance”.
ascent
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And with the victory in the direct clash the ranking also has another meaning, with the Champions League 8 points away with 20 games remaining to try to get the lead back: “My desire is to bring Atalanta back to where they deserve, many points were lost at the start, I took the team in 13th place, we started this climb, improved the ranking. But I’m interested in having taken the right path, this was the turning point match, something we were looking for. Now we have to pedal strong.”
performance
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“In the first half we deserved it, if not for the mistake at the beginning. We had many counterattacks, a goal disallowed that I didn’t understand… But I had great responses from everyone – he continues -, I’ve been trying to give motivation and confidence for a long time, I go on meritocracy. We played as we wanted by playing with great quality, it’s a shame not to have scored the second goal in the first half, but I also liked suffering. We knew we would have a decline, we expected this, but we had prepared it like this”.
disagreements
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In the second half towards the end there was also room for a spat with Gasperini: “Things that happen, things on the pitch”, Palladino dampens, “the coach and I know each other, we were together as coach and player: it was an episode with Mancini, but nothing special, these are things that happen”.
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