Raffaele Palladino confirms the Giacomo Raspadori harm challenge towards Lazio and desires Atalanta to ‘maintain our foot on the fuel,’ however admits to a future Premier League ambition too.
because of the Ederson penalty for a Danilo Cataldi dealing with offence, and Nicola Zalewski’s fantastic roller into the far backside nook.
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The woodwork got here to their rescue twice on Kenneth Taylor and Petar Ratkov within the Everlasting Metropolis.
Palladino has revitalised Atalanta
ROME, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: Ederson together with his teammates of Atalanta BC celebrates after scoring the opening purpose from penalty spot through the Serie A match between SS Lazio and Atalanta BC at Stadio Olimpico on February 14, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photographs)
La Dea are on a roll with 29 factors in 14 rounds since he took over from sacked Ivan Juric, so does a complete new season start this night?
“Not tonight, it began three months in the past,”
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“I all the time stated our goal was to climb the desk and we are going to maintain doing that. We’ve achieved some necessary outcomes, these performances helped us to develop the best mentality and self-belief.
“We confronted a Lazio facet in good condition as we speak, however we have been medical in an general balanced encounter. Lazio did higher within the first 20 minutes, then we improved and did nicely to select up all three factors.”
Raspadori was a second half substitute, however he limped off with 5 minutes to go and all of the substitutions accomplished, leaving Atalanta right down to 10 males.
“Raspadori hadn’t been taking part in commonly in Spain, so he wants consistency on the sphere and we are attempting to offer that to him,” famous Palladino.
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“He is a crucial participant for us, a younger Italian, and a confirmed winner. He settled in in a short time, as we speak sadly he sustained a slight muscular challenge and we hope it’s nothing critical.”
COMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 01: Atalanta BC coach Raffaele Palladino points directions to his gamers through the Serie A match between Como 1907 and Atalanta BC at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on February 01, 2026 in Como, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
This consequence noticed Atalanta surge previous Como, who’ve a recreation in hand, into sixth place, so is their goal Europe or a prime 4 end?
“We mustn’t take a look at the Champions League zone or anything, we simply need to concentrate on ourselves. The target was to climb again up, to have this starvation and mentality, however we mustn’t ever lose our humility both,” warned Palladino.
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“There have been many difficulties once I arrived, however we at the moment are in three completely different competitions, in about 80 hours or so we’ll play within the Champions League, then once more Serie A and the Coppa Italia. We’ve bought to maintain our foot on the fuel.”
BERGAMO, ITALY – DECEMBER 28: Atalanta BC coach Raffaele Palladino points directions to his gamers through the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and FC Internazionale at New Steadiness Enviornment on December 28, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Curiously, Atalanta will face Lazio once more within the Coppa Italia semi-final, with the primary leg scheduled for March 4.
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“I don’t know what sort of recreation that can be, however definitely a troublesome one towards a powerful opponent. I used to be impressed by Lazio as we speak, they’ve tempo in assault and are well-drilled. The Coppa Italia is an important goal for us.”
Former Juventus coach Igor Tudor has simply been employed by Tottenham Hotspur, so does Palladino have ambitions of working within the Premier League too?
“For anybody in our line of labor, it’s an intriguing fashion of soccer. I want to go there in future and I’ve been finding out the English language currently,” confessed the coach.
“Proper now, the target is to focus on Atalanta.”