Atalanta defeated Milan 5-0 this afternoon, ending 2019 in the best of ways. Manager Gian Piero Gasperini spoke to the press after the match.
"We close a fantastic 2019 where we obtained marvelous results. It's the great conclusion of this season. Now we take the right Christmas break and then we'll have much to do. Malinovskiy is a valuable player. We understood that quickly. The impact on the league isn't easy, but he has always had important presentations, he's an evolving player. He's intelligent with tactics and has always played. Our true strength is that we have strong and multi-faceted players. The loss to Bologna hurt a lot, we had some injuries, these guys are fantastic. I receive many compliments, but I give them to the players. Many of them could be successful also at big clubs."
"We want to arrive in Europe. Champions League won't be easy. Inter and Juve cannot be caught. We're in that next group of teams. Europe for me and Atalanta can be a constant, this is the ambition."
On Kulusevski: "He's doing extraordinary things, he grew here. This you must ask to Percassi. We sent him to play because in the role there was Gomez, Ilicic and Malinovskiy arrived. He needed to play and at Parma he found the right environment to quickly explode."
