Coach Domenico Tedesco from the Bundesliga soccer club RB Leipzig praised Atalanta Bergamo in the highest tones before the quarter-final duel in the Europa League. “They are now a top European team,” said the 36-year-old on “Sky”: “In the Champions League you only have to look at the results of recent seasons. For example, they won 1-0 in Amsterdam and 2-0 in Liverpool .”
That’s why it’s no coincidence “that they’re in the quarter-finals,” said Tedesco: “Atalanta is one of the toughest draws.”
Tedesco was also disappointed that his country of birth, Italy, failed to qualify for the World Cup. “I wished that Italy would be at the World Cup. Unfortunately, that has now been missed,” he said.