Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
Gian Piero Gasperini warns Atalanta will ‘blow cold and hot’ as they attempt to fully rebuild the squad and has excessive hopes for Lazar Samardzic after the equaliser in opposition to Bologna.
The very tough begin to the marketing campaign continues for La Dea, who’ve gained two of their six Serie A matches, drawn one and misplaced three.
That they had been on the verge of struggling a humiliating defeat this night in opposition to a Bologna aspect that was all the way down to 10 males for 40 minutes following Santiago Castro’s opener.
Nevertheless, Lazar Samardzic curled in his first aim for the membership, securing a degree on the 90th minute and his males saved pushing for a possible winner to the final kick of the sport.
The turning level was on the 51st minute, when first the referee had awarded a penalty for Jhon Lucumi’s foul on Charles De Ketelaere, however VAR confirmed the contact was outdoors the field, so it was modified to a purple card as an alternative.
“It was a very good efficiency total, we pinned them again and had a whole lot of probabilities to attain,” Gasperini informed Sky Sport Italia.
“When Bologna have been all the way down to 10, we weren’t sharp sufficient and didn’t convey sufficient high quality with so many forwards on the sphere. With a bit of extra confidence and clear heads, we might’ve scored earlier after which gone for the victory. There was additionally unhealthy luck, hitting the woodwork twice.”
Nicolò Zaniolo got here off the bench and mixed nicely with Ademola Lookman, so how far alongside is he within the restoration course of after so many damage points?
“The necessary factor is that he will get some consistency on the pitch. He’s getting higher bodily situation, however has barely performed for months, so by enjoying he can enhance his sharpness and provides the contribution all of us hope for.”
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Samardzic was introduced in as one of many heirs to Teun Koopmeiners following the sale to Juventus, so can he observe within the footsteps of the Dutchman, Josip Ilicic and Papu Gomez?
“I hope he can take that position, as he arrived with a optimistic perspective. He too must mature, should enhance bodily and lift the tempo all through matches. He has a whole lot of high quality and we imagine he could be decisive,” assured Gasperini.
In a bid to get the sport again on monitor, Gasperini threw on each attacking participant at his disposal and left just one defender on the pitch.
“Taking part in with Cuadrado and De Roon as defenders was a bit difficult, so I used to be attempting to determine how we might try this.”
Atalanta have been nonetheless smarting after Tuesday’s shock 3-2 house defeat to Como, a sport that had been delayed from Monday night as a result of a thunderstorm, and Gasperini confessed he’s nonetheless looking for the id of this new squad.
“Clearly we have been dissatisfied from the outcome in opposition to Como, as as soon as the switch window closed, we had crushed Fiorentina and drawn with Arsenal, so have been heading in the right direction. Sadly, we have now modified so many gamers that it’s going to take time to put these foundations once more,” continued Gasperini.
“We threw the sport with Como away within the area of 9 minutes and wasted the chance to get close to the highest of the desk, so naturally it was unhappy. The excellent news is we have now a lot of gamers who’re desperate to do nicely, but it surely’s not straightforward to carry out these experiments with the season already in full circulation.
“I do get the sensation we’ll blow cold and hot for a number of months, as a result of this season we had thought that the squad was already constructed after profitable the Europa League and we might construct on these foundations. As an alternative, we introduced in lots of new gamers, fairly a number of of them late in the summertime, and it was not what we had deliberate.”
Atalanta are up subsequent within the Champions League in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday, a tie that can be performed on impartial turf in Gelsenkirchen.
Marco Brescianini must be a significant doubt to characteristic in that sport, as a result of he limped off simply earlier than half-time with a left thigh problem.
In the meantime, Bologna are going to go to Liverpool at Anfield Street and Gasperini gave Vincenzo Italiano some recommendation about going through that sort of fixture after profitable there final season.
“To play in that stadium full of individuals, even simply listening to the membership anthem they sing earlier than kick-off is price every little thing.”
