Keyword: quality. There are those who have never considered it the deputy Koopmeinerswho feared further operations after the Dutchman’s departure. It matters little, with the summer transfer market now behind us for two months Atalanta smiles again thanks to Lazar Samardzic: second goal scored after the one in Bologna, the Serbian has proven to be incisive in those matches in which the opposing team decides to close in like a hedgehog, without leaving too many spaces.
Impact
In the analysis of the match against Monza we inevitably start from the goal. Ricamo is soled and left-footed from inside the area, a conclusion angled just enough in the midst of the chaos: the calm when you need to stay calm and use patience, the winning move in a chess game full of stalemates. The Serbian clearly has different characteristics compared to the Dutchman, but he responded both behind the forwards and wide on the right (or left), qualities that never leave anyone indifferent Gian Piero Gasperini. And then the desire to make an impact, another necessary characteristic to impress the Bergamo coach.
Big hand
“He has great quality, he is a very intelligent boy, he immediately immersed himself in the Atalanta world,” he declared Davide Zappacostasomeone who knows how it feels when you wear the Nerazzurri shirt. “When he plays he is a boy who always gives us a hand, there are many strong attackers in the team, but I am convinced that in the long run he can still give us a lot”, he wanted to reiterate. Not a new concept, especially when you play continuously: it remains to be seen whether Samardzic will really be Koopmeiners’ deputy, the fact is that there is a fairly evident reality, namely the functionality of the player within a mechanism that continues to feed itself despite the passage of time.