Atalanta dream of winning their first UEFA trophy after qualifying for the Europa League Final with a stunning 3-0 win over Marseille in which, as highlighted by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Gian Piero Gasperini’ went all in.’
Atalanta fans will remember this season for a long time as La Dea are still in the race for a Champions League placement and qualified for the Coppa Italia and Europa League Final. La Dea haven’t won a trophy since the Coppa Italia in 1962-63.
Italian newspapers reacted to their win over Marseille last night, which the media described as the “perfect game” for Gasperini’s men.
The Italian tactician was understandably praised by Gazzetta on Thursday. The pink paper noted that Gasp went “all in” by starting Charles De Ketelaere, Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca with Teun Koopmeiners in central midfield.
It was an even more attacking evolution of the Atalanta side we’ve seen this season, during which Koopmeiners has often played as an attacking midfielder, leaving one between CDK, Scamacca, and De Ketelaere on the bench.
Gasperini’s move helped Atalanta “crush” Marseille, and the Italian tactician was also praised for the “perfect” use of substitutions.
One of the Atalanta reserves, El Bilal Torué scored the third for La Dea in the second half after coming off the bench. The ex-Almeria star became Atalanta’s most expensive signing ever last summer but spent most of the season on the touchline with a rectus femoris avulsion.
Italy international Gianluca Scamacca, on the other hand, didn’t find the net but was “unlucky” against Marseille, according to Gazzetta, as he sent a shot inches wide before hitting the crossbar.
Ademola Lookman, Isak Hien, Marten de Roon, Ederson, Teun Koopmeiners and Matteo Ruggeri received the highest ratings from Gazzetta (7.5).
Il Corriere dello Sport noted that Atalanta ‘have already made history’, having qualified for the first UEFA Final, while Tuttosport described La Dea as ‘divine.
