Ten goals in three games, three consecutive victories and semi-armored fourth place, so as not to totally deny the words of Gian Piero Gasperini. Without going too far with the numbers, otherwise you risk getting stuck in monstrous figures. During the week someone has raised several doubts about the sensational fitness of theAtalanta, but the evening of Dacia Arena showed a very tired and in clear difficulty. Frayed team between the departments and often absent from the physical point of view, but that was nevertheless able to not give in: the nerazzurri did not run their own, but they won the same. And the qualification for the next Champions League, aside from bad luck, is getting closer.
Third consecutive win – There were many doubts about the trip to Udine, also because the challenge with Lazio was exhausting from both a physical and mental point of view. Zapata’s goal after 8 ‘wiped out some question marks, but the physical drop was very clear. This time the 5 changes have saved Gasperini, a technician who often struggles to get his hands on the team. The infernal rhythms and the oppressive heat force you to review any dogma, except one: make at least one more goal than the opponents.
Muriel the extra weapon – “In this period he has always shown an excellent condition, he entered with Lazio he seemed dead. And he believed he had done well: the next day I told him everything.” Now we don’t know exactly the precise words, but we can imagine them: having said that, Luis Muriel enters the field and splits the match in half. First the stupendous punishment of 2-1, then the diagonal that cannot be reached from distance: the usual flashes of class of a player who continues to amaze and show, albeit in alternate phases, his quality. Challenge archived, victory achieved: even when Atalanta does not race, it wins and always does so in the exact same way, scoring that extra goal necessary to continue dreaming.
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