Milan, 30 Mar. (LaPresse) – ‘We must always look ahead, looking back is useless. We still have 8 games to play, 5 of which are at home and we will play all our cards. We are still competitive and ahead of many teams, it is clear that we need to shift into a higher gear’. This is how Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini commented on the defeat against Fiorentina to Dazn, referring to the fight for a place in the Champions League. ‘The break certainly didn't help us, but this goes for everyone, we didn't have the dynamism and the legs to play a game at least in terms of creating chances as we always have. It's a game to be filed away, which we made difficult for ourselves after the goal in the first half. Now we have to find the same energy as in the last few games, when these days come you also have to have the strength not to think about it too much’, added the Nerazzurri coach. ’The fact remains that there are many teams with few points, with direct clashes for all the teams. We have to take advantage of the calendar, even if it is doubtful that some teams with a series of important results have closed the gap’, he said. On the difficulties in attack, Gasperini reiterated: ‘There was a general difficulty, the most reactive was Retegui who was coming back. The others you could see we had little chance, of course conceding goals like that then put us in difficulty’, he concluded.
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