Gian Piero Gasperini, technician of Atalanta, said this Sunday after beating the Naples on the A series that “victory gives us a good push to receive the Madrid, even if it is another type of party ”. The bergamasco team knocked down the de Gennaro Gattuso and you're already thinking about the first leg of the round of 16 Champions against him Madrid next Wednesday.
The Italian coach praised his next continental rival, who will visit Bergamo with many absences due to injuries. “They are recovering points in the league and winning many games,” he said. Gasperini. “We are going to meet one of the best teams in European football, we want to compare ourselves to see what we can do. We arrived with high spirits, ”said the Atalanta coach.
“We would like to reach Madrid and stay alive to play the classification. We will not change our characteristics, but we must be careful about the quality and strength of the rival, “he said. Gasperini, who wanted to value the result achieved before the Naples that climbs to zone Champions.
“It is a fundamental result, it puts us well in the classification and makes us reach the game against him Real Madrid in the best conditions, at least from the moral point of view ”, insisted the coach, who was sent off at the end of the game very tense. “We have to take advantage of it, maybe it will give us adrenaline for the next game.”
“Muriel He has the quality of a 'top' player, this year even more so. He has a mental, physical, athletic condition, confidence, he made a formidable quality jump, “he said. Gasperini at the end of the game of Gewiss Stadium, in statements to the Italian television “Sky Sport”.