GASPERINI'S POST MATCH REACTIONS
Atalanta's coach Gian Piero Gasperini spoke in his post-match press conference following the 7-2 win against Lecce.
“We are proud that we are able to fight back and keep going. When Lecce went from 0-2 to 2-2, we could’ve lost control, but we put the ball back in the centre-circle and continued our usual football. They were some great goals, we created numerous chances, turned it around. Then I can take off Papu Gomez and Josip Ilicic, introduce Ruslan Malinovskyi and Luis Muriel who are eager to show what they can do too.”
“Undoubtedly, playing games like this boosts confidence. The result became easy in the end, but it wasn’t like that for long periods. Lecce drew with Inter and Juventus here, they were in good form. We have an advantage in fourth place, we want to keep it and if anything expand it further, because we want to be back in the Champions League next season.”
“We get a little more distracted when we take the lead. That is a psychological aspect that we are working on, because we seem to get comfortable and assume the job is done when it really is not. This keeps happening and we often do pay the price for that. We can’t think of trying to just sit and control a match for an hour, even after going 2-0 up. We need to keep going with our usual attitude, whether we are leading or not.”
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