After the final in Dublin, Gian Piero Gasperini spoke like this. “What if I stay at Atalanta? I’m in a situation where you have a wife with three children but you find a beautiful woman.” The Nerazzurri had just won 3-0 with a hat-trick from Lookman, raising the first European trophy in their history to the sky. In the following days there was a meeting between him and the president, Antonio Percassi, to lay the foundations for a renewal which, currently, it is not yet known whether it has been signed or not, there was a clear communication: “He still has one year of contract, he can’t leave here”. And that’s also why Gasperini stayed, hoping to keep all the best players: he succeeded, except for Koopmeiners.
The beautiful woman was Napoli, because Aurelio De Laurentiis would have done all he could to get him. In the end he turned to Antonio Conte and it cannot be said that, at least for the moment, things did not go well. However, yesterday’s match made it clear why the Neapolitan number one wanted to focus on Gasp. Perfect for his vision of football, even if Conte is practically infallible on minimum objectives such as reaching the Champions League (for which he has a 3.5 million bonus).
Atalanta reopened the championship by scoring three goals against Napoli, as Hellas did on the first day. However, there was a trial period to overcome. Here the risk is that it is the wife and three children who surpass the others. Even if it’s still early to talk about the Scudetto.