Atalanta, Gasperini: "A night we will never forget"

"Winning thus remains imprinted"

"It was difficult, especially after that start in the group. The first leg match was a hoax, they had scored on the 95 ′ and seemed to have lost hope – said the Nerazzurri coach to the Sky Sport microphones – but since that moment we grew up. We believed in this possibility, these occasions when they happen to be caught, we did it suffering. Having won this way is really something that remains imprinted ". A victory made even more prestigious by the heavy absences in the orobic ranks: "Undoubtedly there were three fundamental pawns, but those who played today are very reliable. It is clear that without Zapata and Ilicic it can be a problem, but everyone has committed and this is the victory of the whole team. Now we celebrate a lot, but then from the day after tomorrow we think of the championship ". Finally a dedication by Gasperini to this historic milestone: "The dedication is for the whole city of Bergamo, from players to management, passing through the fans: it is the victory of the whole city", concludes the Piedmontese coach.

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Shakhtar-Atalanta 0-3: Chestnuts, Pasalic and Gosens bring the Nerazzurri into history

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Gomez: "Historical enterprise, there are no words"

"It is incredible, there are no words, it is a unique emotion. It is something that will remain in the history of football and of this society. A page that remains in the memory of those who have been present here. We all come from below, here there are no champions, only work and sacrifice. We know what we have done to deserve all this ". The Atalanta captain Alejandro Gomez said this at the end of the match. "A little like the Atalanta of the 90s, we wrote another page of history that all the people of Bergamo will remember. We wanted to give great joy to the fans – Papu said on Sky Sport microphones – and there is "We've done it. This team has been working since the first year in which Gasperini arrived, allowing us to keep our feet on the ground."

Chestnuts: "A really beautiful day"

"We have experienced so many beautiful days in Bergamo last year, but today it is really beautiful because at the first time in the Champions League we manage to overcome the group, and it was very difficult after that beginning". This is the comment of Timothy Castagne who opened the scoring on a historic night that gave the Nerazzurri the first historic qualification for the second knockout round of the Champions: "I was waiting for the goal on goal, it finally went well with the Var, but I had a bit of fear. It is an incredible joy – added the external Atalantine to the Sky Sport microphones – when the referee validated the goal I saw all the comrades who started running towards me ".

Gollini: "An incredible joy, they all gave us for dead"

"It was an incredible game, we are all very happy and very tired, but it is a great joy. It is difficult to describe the emotion you feel at passing the round, especially for how it was done. It is a magical evening, we have reached something spectacular. For Bergamo it is a unique thing, we have done something historic for this company ". This was said by Pierluigi Gollini, who continued: "They all gave us up for dead, but we always said to each other that the goal was to try to qualify for the game or at least to go to the Europa League. In Manchester we had a good setback – the Nerazzurri goalkeeper confessed to Sky Sport microphones – but he did not question our group and individual certainties: we knew he could stay there, he didn't break us up too much, but he forced us to do something in more to pass the turn ".

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