Atalanta head coach Gian Piero Gasperini acknowledges that his club are enjoying a 바카라fantastic바카라 season after reaching two semi-finals and challenging for Champions League qualification from Serie A. (More Football News)
But the campaign바카라s business end has now arrived, with Atalanta putting their Coppa Italia hopes on the line in Wednesday바카라s semi-final second leg against Fiorentina.
They have a Europa League semi-final against Marseille ahead of them next month, but their first task is to try and overturn a 1-0 deficit when Fiorentina arrive in Bergamo.
바카라This year is extraordinary,바카라 Gasperini told Gazzetta dello Sport.
바카라Now let바카라s see in the next matches between the Italian Cup and the recoveries. The season is fantastic, now we are in the final verdicts.바카라
Asked if the season would only be a good one if Atalanta win a trophy, he added: 바카라Winners only if you win a trophy? No, it바카라s idiocy.
바카라We each have to reach our own goals, otherwise we would all be losers in life and that바카라s not how it works. I consider myself lucky for what I바카라ve done in the various places I바카라ve been in.바카라
Atalanta바카라s solitary Coppa Italia success in the final came 61 years ago with a 3-1 victory over Torino, and they have lost on four successive return visits.
Fiorentina, meanwhile, last lifted the trophy in 2001, and they head to Bergamo on the back of a 2-0 Serie A win against Salernitana.
Andrea Belotti, Nico Gonzalez, Luca Beltran and Giacomo Bonaventura all missed that game with knocks, but should return in an anticipated much-changed team.
Gasperini also rotated his squad for the league clash against Monza, but he is likely to field a more familiar starting XI, with Gianluca Scamacca and Marten de Roon among those recalled.
Fiorentina boss Vincenzo Italiano said: 바카라We have the merit of arriving in May and still being in certain matches, which cannot allow us to switch off.
바카라We must all be ready and motivated to give 100 per cent, because in these close matches it doesn바카라t take much to not being able to perform at our best. But we all have guys who always respond when called upon.바카라
