BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 01: Gian Piero Gasperini, Head Coach of Atalanta, appears on previous to the Serie A match between Atalanta and Torino at Gewiss Stadium on February 01, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Photographs)
Gian Piero Gasperini has admitted that he wants a powerful group out there for the upcoming Champions League play-off second leg towards Membership Brugge, therefore his rotations within the 0-0 draw towards Cagliari, however insists that Atalanta ‘nonetheless imagine’ in a Scudetto problem regardless of being held at dwelling on Saturday.
Atalanta have been held to a goalless draw at dwelling to the Thirteenth-placed Cagliari in a sport that was lacking in main possibilities till the ultimate jiffy.
You possibly can see how the motion unfolded on the Soccer Italia Liveblog.
Gasperini admitted that Atalanta have a ‘numerical problem’ in the intervening time, with Ademola Lookman, Gianluca Scamacca, Daniel Maldini, Sead Kolasinac, Odillon Kossounou and Giorgio Scalvini all at the moment unavailable via damage.
The coach additionally rested Charles De Ketelaere, Marten De Roon, Ederson, Davide Zappacosta, Raoul Bellanova and Berat Djimsiti for the 0-0 draw with Cagliari.
Gasperini discusses Atalanta rotations in Cagliari stalemate
Stefan Posch of Atalanta is challenged by Alessandro Deiola of Cagliari through the Serie A match between Atalanta and Cagliari at Gewiss Stadium on February 15, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Photographs)
Discussing his group choice with DAZN after full-time, Gasperini mentioned: “We may have gotten the factors on this method, now we have a little bit of a numerical problem in assault at the moment. We discover it tougher to win video games, particularly at dwelling regardless of dominating for a very long time, then we get this end result.
“The standard of the sport was superb, now we have to acknowledge that we’re like this typically, we battle to materialise in the sort of sport. We got here out of this month on this method, and we’re struggling just a little extra, however the group will slowly however absolutely end the second half of the season nicely.”
The coach was additionally requested if he plans on watching both Lazio-Napoli or Juventus-Inter over the following two days.
He replied with an announcement of intent: “For the Scudetto? We imagine in it, and we are going to attempt to do the whole lot to win it.”
He then hinted that his rotated group was due to the upcoming Champions League match towards Membership Brugge on the Gewiss Stadium on Tuesday.
“We care lots, particularly after how the primary leg ended. They’ve technical and athletic qualities. We now have to attain targets. Successful the sport will not be sufficient, and it’s grow to be difficult with that ending. We now have to attempt to do the whole lot to get via the spherical, a spherical that on the eve of the match was inside our attain.”
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