Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi admits they’ve created a ‘moderately distinctive synergy’ with coach Gian Piero Gasperini that has taken them each to ‘success they by no means achieved earlier than.’
The match with Empoli kicks off on the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo at 17.00 GMT.
La Dea are on a membership document run of 10 consecutive league victories, and in addition crushed Serie B aspect Cesena 6-1 within the Coppa Italia midweek after resting a number of prime stars.
They know that with Napoli profitable yesterday, they want all three factors right here to .
“There are groups who preserve profitable, so with the intention to preserve sustaining our present place, it doesn’t matter if we play earlier than or after,”
“There’s a lengthy option to go, we simply must preserve going and selecting up factors.”
Atalanta look to future with Gasperini
Gasperini has been with Atalanta for nearly a decade, so what is going to the membership appear to be when their coach is not on the helm?
“We wish to deal with the current, whereas the long run is a great distance away and we’ll see what occurs. What we will say is {that a} moderately distinctive synergy has been created between Atalanta and Gasperini, permitting each the membership and the coach to realize success they by no means skilled earlier than.
“All of that is achieved by taking it in the future at a time, persevering with to construct with nice humility. The membership is rising, additionally because of the investments from Stephen Pagliuca and Antonio Percassi.
“There are various elements that permit us to see the extent Atalanta are at proper now.”
Amongst them, the relative calm of a metropolis like Bergamo additionally helps gamers to really feel relaxed and resist the strain they may get elsewhere.
A latest ballot discovered that Bergamo is the very best place to stay in all of Italy.
“I’m from Bergamo, so I do know it’s a small metropolis, however a well-looked-after and exquisite one,” added Percassi.
“We’ve seen it from the gamers who even after leaving the membership, return right here to make their dwelling.”