Gian Piero Gasperini celebrated , however above all was happy ‘for the primary time in weeks, no person else bought harm’ of their epic damage disaster.
La Dea have been coping with and had little room for squad rotation throughout their 1-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat to Bologna or right this moment’s journey to the Stadio Bentegodi.
Nevertheless, they ran riot with a 5-0 victory because of Mateo Retegui bagging 4 objectives, round a lone Ederson addition from the remainder of the squad.
“We had the sport heading in the right direction within the first half, whereas within the second we bought to introduce some totally different gamers and keep away from some additional accidents,” after going into the break with a 4-0 benefit.
“Immediately, for the primary time in weeks, no person else bought harm. That’s crucial factor for us.”
Gasperini experimenting with Atalanta squad
Ademola Lookman is a type of on the remedy desk, so Charles De Ketelaere is looking for his manner on the left flank.
“When Lookman is match, each of them put together to play on the flank of their weaker foot, however through the course of a match they will swap locations. De Ketelaere tends to chop inside extra when he’s on the best, whereas on the left he tends to go straight for objective.
“He was decisive within the first half with a hand in the most effective strikes. When he has these actions, the entire group assault improves.”
Gasperini now has to arrange Atalanta for the Champions League play-off, the place they go to Belgians Membership Brugge on Wednesday night.
“We love the Champions League and once we get these fixtures, each little bodily ache disappears. It’s true that now we have not earned as many factors lately, however we had been so unfortunate in opposition to Torino and had achieved very well within the Coppa Italia with Bologna till the late objective.
“Our outcomes lately haven’t been good, however we had been slowed down by accidents, a few of them very severe. Even the smaller accidents imply if you’re out for 2 weeks, you miss six video games.”
Earlier than this triumph, Gasperini’s males had received solely one among their final six Serie A matches and had been recent off the midweek Coppa Italia loss to Bologna.
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