LIVE TMW – Atalanta, Gasperini: "Penalty? If he gives it, he must always mark it …"

Friends of TMW, good evening and welcome to the direct text of the press conference of the Atalanta coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, after the San Paolo match against Napoli.

21.36 – The press conference begins

It starts from the point of view on rigor.. "From the bench it seemed as rigorous as feeling, reviewing the images there are doubts and it is not a scandal. I am biased, so I accept if you make a referendum to decide. There is an elbow, reviewing the images".

The judgment on the match? "" We managed to match a difficult match against a great team. We were struggling to control Napoli, they immediately created three chances and immediately went ahead. Napoli has accelerations as a great team, but little by little we managed to get the game back in hand, creating good opportunities and reaching the same level. It was tough, harder than the City. Difficult to contain, therefore due to the boys. We did everything we could, Napoli had more chances but we were still dangerous when we tried. Napoli is a great team, I am even more convinced ".

Why exclude Muriel? Start a little soft? "Yes, if we do not go below it seems that we do not start playing. We slowly resumed the race. I did not want to give everything on the field right away, for this reason it did not start. In the second half it could give us an acceleration ahead".

Is a game different from the others, suffering and equalizing is another improvement? "Yes, we had to defend ourselves because we couldn't do more. Then defending ourselves well, we also created conditions".

How much did the episode determine the result? "If he gives the penalty he must still score it and the match ends, but after the draw we risked winning. If you want to reduce everything to the episode …".

He said it was as tough as the City. "I said it? Let's say how much … or the hardest in the league. Napoli is on the level of Inter and Juve"

21.46 – The press conference ends