Tony D’Amicosports director ofAtalantaspoke to the microphones of Sky Sports before kick-off of the match against Bologna: “We lived this week as usual, the boys were disappointed after the defeat against Como, but since Wednesday we have returned to work with the desire and ambition to improve, knowing what our path is. We must try to resume it from this evening.”
Are these mixed results also due to some late signings?
“Yes, let’s say that it was a somewhat particular pre-season for everyone: many players arrived after the European Championship or the Copa America, the new arrivals in recent weeks, so it’s normal that it could happen, but we are calm and serene. We know what path we have to face, we work every day to improve, we are very calm.”
How important is it to get a result today in view of the Champions League?
“We face every match, today we have Bologna, who are a great team. It will certainly be a good match, a complicated one, we will give everything to take away some points and then we will think about the Champions League.”
The official lineups:
BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Posch, Beukema, Lucumi, Lykogiannis; Aebischer, Freuler, Fabbian; Orsolini, Castro, Ndoye. Coach: Italian.
ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Koussounou, Kolasinac; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Brescianini, De Ketelaere; Lookman. Coach: Gasperini