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Atalanta at strength six. Gian Piero Gasperini’s team also wins by a landslide against Verona and continues to relaunch itself in the upper quarters of the table. A 6-1 without appeals for Paolo Zanetti’s men who went out beaten in a match where they had never really been in the game. Retegui scored twice for Dea and Lookman twice and once each for De Ketelaere and De Roon.
Gasperini’s analysis
“The performance was there tonight and Wednesday – commented Gian Piero Gasperini in the press conference – this evening we were a little more toned and brilliant in attack. We immediately broke the deadlock, if we had scored a goal against Celtic it would have been another type of match. This team is doing well, then if we are so precise up front and are generous with assists, we potentially raise our value.”
Zanetti’s comment
This is Paolo Zanetti’s analysis: “The numbers say that we have scored a lot for the team we are but we have also conceded some, not all goals are the same but we must certainly try to eliminate the naiveties that are part of the path of a very strong team. young like ours. The team attitude helps to have a collective defensive phase and not just an individual one.”
Below are the highlights of the challenge.