Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini, on the eve of the most important match in the history of the Goddess and the career of his players, against PSG, he recounts the emotion in the press conference at the Estàdio da Luz: “We know very well the expectation surrounding this match for the love that the whole province of Bergamo has towards the Goddess, then this year there is the extra motivation dictated by everything that, unfortunately, has happened, we carry all the feelings of our fans with us. Now we have to reduce everything to a football match, representing in the best way the territory and its ability to react by giving, if possible, a smile “.
COMPETITION PREPARATION- “We arrive in the best mental condition, in the championship we made very good and important results with guaranteed access to the next Champions League, this race is of great prestige but in preparing it, beyond the emotions, I wanted to work on our team and on the opponent we will face reducing everything to tomorrow’s match on the field, trying to be as ready as possible “.
SINGLE PENALTY RACE- “This is a straight match, playing in one match, many say it can be an advantage, personally I would have preferred to play in two games because we have never met this team, historically we have always done better in the second game. We will have to be very good right away to put our characteristics into play with a good game. We have to do it on the pitch because it is a restricted qualification “.
NEYMAR- “One of the strongest in the world, this is a problem for all teams that meet him, I think the best way to defend ourselves from him is to play better ourselves and put him in a position to defend too, we will try to do this with our organization. We have met many really strong players, with everyone’s attention and concentration we can try to reduce their effectiveness a little. “
OBJECTIVE IN THE FIELD- “I hope our approach is very positive, it is not always certain that a team that has never reached these levels should have a negative proposal. I think there will be a great desire to do well, we will either win or learn, we are here to learn but also to try to win “.
UNIQUE ITALIAN- “We are proof that even a team without a particular European coat of arms can still do well and reaching goals by drawing on values such as ideas and play, desire to do and play, passion and enthusiasm, you can reach these levels and I think people like it very much, it is clear that we have a responsibility not to disappoint on these values, we will try to continue to demonstrate that even a team like Atalanta can sit at the table of such an important competition. “
MBAPPE’- “PSG will miss Di Maria, us ilicic and Gollini. Mbappé is an extraordinary player capable of moving values on the pitch but we prepare as if Mbappé were on the pitch. “
ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE – “I don’t do this kind of classification, ci are resources that you do not inherit, we build strength on these values, the economic ones have a very strong weight but when this type of competition arrives we have to look at what we have available, and they are many and strong “.
MOST DIFFICULT GROUP – “We knew that our group was not easy, the City is among the favorites for the Champions League, Shakhtar for the Europa League, for some we were lucky, but only on the tie between Dinamo and Shakhtar which allowed us to stay in the running, but we drew with City and won with Dinamo, Shakhtar and twice with Valencia “.
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