Atalanta finds themselves back on track with a 5-1 victory over Chievo Verona. Still a long was to go, the undisputed protagonist in the match was 30-year old Slovenian Josip Ilicic, who had a hat-trick. "He's an important player for us, he was able to give quality, like Papu Gomez. They find themselves well and give others the opportunity to move towards our oppositions goal. In these two years Ilicic has showed me so much quality, even if he is not continuous," Gian Piero Gasperini said, interviewed by Sky Sport at the end of the match.
"We came from a shocking period of results and performances, I would have only been satisfied with winning. This is a very important result for us. They went down to ten men in the first half and it became a lot easier for us obviously, we arrived to goal easier and they lost confidence. But it served us well, we found awareness. We have played good matches this season without collecting a lot of points unfortunately. These are three points that give us confidence and moral, we played well. The championship is very long, we need to make a series of results and find solidity without losing games like we have recently."
