Three important points won by Atalanta at the Sardegna Arena, as Luis Muriel score a late winner and in full stoppages, the VAR “cancels out” the penalty against the Nerazzurri. As Marco Sportiello said, it was a: “Deserved victory”.

“You can’t always win by dominating. I think we had a pretty solid game, we practically conceded nothing to Cagliari. Then there was a siege in the final 30 minutes, and finally, Luis managed to find that splendid goal which gave us three deserved points”.

It was a thrilling finale, as the game seemed to be over, but the referee awarded a penalty.

“Well, yes. It was a few seconds of despair. I haven’t reviewed the footage yet, – He was called by the V.A.R. and then changed his mind – Exactly. It worked out well. So, we’re happy. It was important to win today, to get back to our winning ways in the league, after a few setbacks. Yet, the team are always ready, always have the right mentality, they train hard and always put in a good performance”.

Marco, how important is this win? For the league, indeed, but also for your mind.

“I don’t want to be presumptuous, but we won as a great team, who even suffered in the opening minutes, but conceded very little chances. We could have played some balls better, we were a little bit impulsive and we were not very alert, but in the second half, also due to the drop in the pressing of Cagliari, we came out. We have quality players, who step in during the game and can change the match”.