Atalanta President Antonio Percassi admits reaching the Europa League Ultimate was ‘unthinkable’ for this membership and he hopes to maintain Gian Piero Gasperini.
The Ultimate will likely be on Wednesday Might 22 in Dublin in opposition to the brand new Bundesliga champions, after a 3-0 win on the evening over Olympique Marseille, 4-1 on mixture.
“It was unimaginable for us, however for all of the folks of Bergamo. It was an unimaginable, unthinkable outcome, the followers went utterly mad with pleasure,” Antonio Percassi advised Sky Sport Italia.
“I’ll preserve getting excited within the stands and cheering on the workforce, then we’ll sit down and plan the longer term.”
It isn’t the one cause to rejoice, as Atalanta are additionally within the Coppa Italia Ultimate in opposition to Juventus on Might 15 and are battling Roma for a Champions League qualifying spot.
“We at all times begin the season saying we intend to keep away from relegation. That is simply unthinkable, the place we at the moment are.”
Gasperini has been the coach of Atalanta now for eight years and he has overseen a number of totally different squads, at all times with a really attack-minded formation.
“He has been decisive, as over all these years we’ve been rising and enhancing. We all know one another effectively. At instances he generally is a bit specific if issues don’t go the fitting means, however he’s a rare coach.”
Contemplating the latest stories about Napoli making an method, are Atalanta afraid that somebody will steal Gasperini away?
“Now we have yet one more 12 months on the contract, so it’s not possible for somebody to come back and take him. If the coach does come to us with a suggestion, we’d nice disappointment would take into account it, however we’re not excited about modifying our settlement.”
Atalanta a household affair
His son Luca Percassi was additionally current within the celebrations and is the CEO of the membership, so was requested about working with the coach.
“Gasperini has by no means particularly requested a participant, we at all times simply talked normally in regards to the traits he’s on the lookout for. He by no means demanded anybody,” added the CEO.
The Gewiss Stadium has one finish closed in the mean time for restructuring work, however the entire enviornment has been revamped lately.
“The brand new season will begin with an entire stadium, we’re very pleased with that. The acquisition of the stadium occurred on the 110th date of the membership’s basis, which truthfully was an unimaginable coincidence.
“That was the most important funding within the historical past of Atalanta, however we’re very proud, as Atalanta and the folks of Bergamo deserve a stadium of this high quality. Having the ability to see the partitions of the town from the stands is really significant, it’s a dwelling for the workforce and its followers.”
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