Atalanta, Samardzic's dig at Gasperini: "I hope he lets me play more now"

Bergamo – NellAtalanta who have slowed down in terms of results since Christmas there are two players, expected, who were missing from the winter roll call: Charles De Ketelaere, physically declining since January after having however guaranteed 11 goals and 10 assists in three extraordinary months, and the inconsistent Lazar Samardzic.

The 23-year-old Serbian playmaker is so far the half seasonal disappointment: In 37 attendance just two goals in the championship, five with the various cups, only two decisive. In the championship the former Udinese He hasn't scored since November. In June Atalanta will exercise the mandatory redemption from Udinese to the quota set for 20 million.

Samardzic was supposed to be the heir of the Koopmeiners admired in the three-year period in Bergamo, has in fact become a bit of a clone of the Koopmeiners seen so far in Turin. The Serbian born in 2002, who nevertheless represents a long-term investment, for the next seasons, it seems to have shown signs of recovery with his national team, playing two games as a starter and scoring a splendid left-footed goal on Thursday in Vienna in the draw against Austria.

Then from Serbian retreat, in the press conference, the former Udinese attacking midfielder took a polemical dig at Gasperini: “I hope that seeing the goal he understands that he is wrong, that I can play a bit more and have more minutes”. But before admitting, with a bit of healthy autocriticism: “I know I have to score more goals, for the national team as well as with Atalanta, but I think I can do it. I have to show that I can give more. At that point everything will be easier."