Atalanta goes crazy in Liverpool, Gasperini: “Historic success”

Liverpool, 11 April 2024 – It seemed like the most difficult mission of the European quartet of Italian teams, but for now it has been the simplest. Atalanta's 0-3 win at Anfield it puts a half-mortgage on qualification for the Europa League semi-finals and gives Italy a great gift from a European ranking perspective. Double Chess e Pasalic for the dream trio that goes flying high the Goddess, trimming the Liverpool a defeat at home after 33 consecutive useful results. The return leg is in seven days, but in the meantime Gasperini can only be satisfied with his players, who played a masterful match in terms of mental and physical strength, play and rhythm, ideas and intensity: “Is this the masterpiece of my career? Let's say that it is an extraordinary result, for Atalanta and its history, for all the fans who followed us and for the whole club - Gasp's emotions - For us it is a great achievement and a great pride to have played here and this result will remain in history. It's a great victory." Atalanta he had already won at Anfield three years ago, but with the pandemic there was no crowd: “The reason for happiness is having played in a historic stadium and won against someone who hadn't lost in 33 games. We also won a few years ago but there wasn't an audience and today's success has a completely different flavour”, continues Gasp.

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From a tactical point of view Gasperini he prepared her for the attack, and everything went so well that the only substitution came in the 90th minute: “I only made one substitution because I didn't want to touch anything, the team was doing well and in the final we had so much enthusiasm that we couldn't they seemed tired - the coach's analysis - How did we prepare for the match? We have been playing together for a long time and we have clear references, yesterday he got hurt Kolasinac and I deployed DeRoon behind, but I knew that Pasalic It was in great condition and everything went well. What we did best is attention and courage, we were hardly squeezed despite our high blood pressure. We couldn't let the Liverpool with continuity in attack."

Match winner Gianluca Chess, the first Italian striker ever to score a brace at Anfield and the last two strikers to score two goals at Liverpool it was Vinicius and Benzema: “It was a fantastic evening because before the match we were all in front of us for cross-sections. We are happy, but there is the return because with Liverpool the zero to three is not enough - his words - We entered the field with courage, helping each other, because feats like this are achieved as a team and not with individuals. The best night of my career? They are important goals for Atalanta, my goal is always to help the team."