Although the role of the Colombian in Atalanta is already determined by Gasperini “Muriel is deadly when you go ahead on the scoreboard. He kills you with the tired rival.” The player works to have more minutes and waits patiently for his chance to start, although he knows that with the competition he has it will be difficult. The 29-year-old forward is cautious with the club’s goals, despite the good time they are going through.
The double over the weekend put Muriel back in the spotlight. The striker reached 15 goals with just 992 minutes on the court. The player assured Sky Sport that he is not satisfied with playing just 20 minutes and that he works to try to start, although the competition makes everything more complicated.
“I work every day to play. I always want to do it and I am not satisfied with just twenty minutes. It is not easy, the competition is strong enough, we have a very strong attack. “ the Colombian said to Sky.
Atalanta has been the team that has shown the best performance since the resumption of Italian football, Gasperini’s team remains fourth with its place in the Champions League for now insured and waiting for the quarterfinals of the continental tournament in which Muriel prefers to be cautious regarding to what they want.
“We work well and I hope this helps us achieve great goals. However, we all think a little. It is still a long way off, many league games are missing. Then we will think about it “, assured the striker.
Finally, Muriel referred to what he has done in his career and made it clear that he is too young to stop dreaming. “I don’t regret anything, I think I made a beautiful career anyway, I played on beautiful teams. I am still very young and I can give a lot. I have dreams to fulfill and therefore I will continue to pursue them. So far I have tried to give everything maybe with limits and errors, but I am happy like this “.
Atalanta will play this Thursday, July 2 against Napoli in local condition (12:30 pm) and Gasperini is calm because he knows that the goals will not be lacking, having Muriel, Duván and Ilicic available.
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