Pessina, the piece of the puzzle that insisted on fitting

“Maybe Pessina stay on the template. Due to his characteristics, he is not the right midfielder for us, but he is an excellent player. And as we have run out of places to sign foreigners, he can stay, “he said. Gasperini, technician of the Atalanta, shortly before the transfer market closed last summer. Pessina had just returned from a successful assignment to Hellas verona, and said set wanted to continue counting on him one more season, but GasperiniMore like a patch than an express wish, she decided to stay with him.

As well said the good of Gian piero, for its characteristics Matteo pessina He did not come to be the midfielder who best fits with the vertical and vertiginous football that his Atalanta, but the boy (he is 23 years old) has known how to reinvent himself, or at least remodel himself, to gain a place in the 'eleven'.

So far this year (and he started the same ballast due to a knee injury), Pessina has participated in a total of 24 matches between Champions, A series Y Coppa, achieving 3 goals. This is not the facet in which it stands out the most, because despite the fact that it usually starts off as the step ahead of the double pivot formed by Freuler Y From RoonIt is more about giving the last pass than looking for the opposite goal with the kick.

His good work has earned him his debut with the absolute of Italy last November and everything indicates that this Wednesday against him Real Madrid will form in the ‘eleven’ holder of Gasperini. Pessina It was a piece that did not fit in the puzzle of this Atalanta, but he insisted on doing it and he succeeded.