After the great victory against Milan, is there a mental problem with Atalanta? It’s one of the questions asked Antonio Conte today at the press conference, two days before the match against the Goddess. This is the response from the Napoli coach: “There is a danger because it is a strong team, which won the Europa League by beating Bayer Leverkusen who I don’t know how many games were unbeaten. They have been in the Champions League for years, they are a team that today should be counted among the strong ones, without a doubt. Credit goes to the club, to Gasperini who has done an extraordinary job in all these years and I have great respect for Gian Piero who was also my coach. When I was at Juve he was a coach of the Primavera and when I had some injuries I asked to play with his Primavera team I have a lot of respect for, through hard work he achieved results, you don’t win the Europa League if you are not strong.
On a mental level you say, but if we underestimate this match… maybe Atalanta could underestimate them given what happened last year and we don’t win cups while they are doing well in the Champions League, they are structured for the Champions League. As I always tell you, those who don’t play cups like us have an advantage perhaps because they train even if we are in the third in a week, but then they are far from the structure of the Champions League team squad.”