Gian Piero Gasperini
AtalantaGabriele Cioffi
Udinese
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
In the first leg we were lucky to straighten it out at the end. We are playing against a team that has values and the ranking does not reflect them. Winning would be a truly great gift, because they are difficult matches against teams that have difficulties. We must give continuity to this period.
…UDINESE
We have to be careful, because they defend very compactly and know how to restart with players of quality, but also of speed, like Ebosele, who hurt us in the first leg. We did well at the start and then we immediately restarted. We have to avoid it happening again, but we have more certainty, if we bring them into their area we can create dangerous situations.
…INJURIES
Unfortunately we lost two players in one shot, in half an hour, in a rather unfortunate way, Koopmeiners has a deep and long cut, a very rare event, and Hien in a tackle with Ederson has this little lesion. We lose two important players, but it's part of football. They will both recover quickly. Hateboer is available, as are Palomino and Toloi, who have had longer injuries. They are all available.
Gian Piero Gasperini
Manager on Atalanta…ABOUT MATCH
In the first leg we were lucky to straighten it out at the end. We are playing against a team that has values and the ranking does not reflect them. Winning would be a truly great gift, because they are difficult matches against teams that have difficulties. We must give continuity to this period.
…UDINESE
We have to be careful, because they defend very compactly and know how to restart with players of quality, but also of speed, like Ebosele, who hurt us in the first leg. We did well at the start and then we immediately restarted. We have to avoid it happening again, but we have more certainty, if we bring them into their area we can create dangerous situations.
…INJURIES
Unfortunately we lost two players in one shot, in half an hour, in a rather unfortunate way, Koopmeiners has a deep and long cut, a very rare event, and Hien in a tackle with Ederson has this little lesion. We lose two important players, but it's part of football. They will both recover quickly. Hateboer is available, as are Palomino and Toloi, who have had longer injuries. They are all available.
Gabriele Cioffi
Manager on Udinese…MAIGNAN
The team is fine, they're angry, they're angry at the right point. It wasn't easy, the first day was hard for everyone, but then I saw a lot of motivation, a lot of desire to reverse course. As a club and a team we were all hurt by what happened in Maignan. I think that the disqualification that has arrived, however, is heavy, in view of a city and a society that are an excellence for multiculturalism and multiracialism… I don't like being a whiner, However, our calendar was great in recent weeks. We came away from the last two races with some regrets.
…INJURIES
Giannetti is fine, he has to wait for his opportunity, he is demonstrating his qualities this week. Payero was ahead of Samardzic, now Lazar has played three excellent games and has taken the lead again. They have to demonstrate their hierarchies with their performances, for now not I haven't decided anything yet.
…TRANSFERS
I haven't said anything to the club and I haven't asked for anything, I'm focused on what we have to do in Bergamo.