Gasperini: “With all due respect to Olympiakos, we came to play our game”

THE Gian Piero Gasperini talked about the Atlanta rematch with him Olympicemphasizing that his team came to Greece in order to play its game.

«With all due respect to Olympiakos, we want to play our game and show our character. And that is what we will try to achieve“, Pointed out the experienced coach in the press conference in view of Thursday’s rematch (24/2, 19:45).

He spoke in detail about:

-the rematch with Olympiakos: «We have before us an important match for the Europa League. Decisive for qualification. This is a different game than those for the league, which has a way to go and all teams will have opportunities. When you see an opponent up close it is different. We know the opponent now from the first match. With all due respect to Olympiakos, we want to play our game and show our character. And that is what we will try to achieve».

-the possibilities of Olympiacos: «We know Papastathopoulos and Manolas, but they are not the only ones. He has good forwards and players who can change a game. In the end, those who … stay are the attackers. Olympiacos is a complete organization as a team. We expect a difficult game, we will do everything and the fact that there are people on the field will be good for us as well. It is a very nice stadium, with people it will be a very nice match. We play well in Europe, we saw it in Manchester and with Villarreal».

-the comment of the referee of the first match: «I do not think there was a problem with the refereeing in the first game with Olympiakos and some phase that determined the final result».

-removal of away goal: «Everything changes. You were in danger of being left out with 1-0. This formula is more correct. To qualify for the next stage, you must make a win and a draw, if not a win with more goals. It is more difficult, but also fairer».

– racing problems faced by Atalanta: «We are indeed in an emergency without Zapata and Muriel. However, in the past in big matches such as with Juventus and Lazio we had such issues. In the first match we found solutions, we can do it again. We also have Pasalic who can play there, but also other players. We do not know how Olympiacos will play, it is a team that changes depending on the development of the game. But we can also react to the changes in the opponent’s game.

We will look to play our game too. Some teams have more forwards, we find solutions and overcome any difficulties we face. Both in problems with injuries or in the coronavirus or whatever. We will see about the administrative and American involvement in the property in the coming weeks. “Atalanta can become stronger through this plan, as our president said.”

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