Atalanta claimed a convincing and deserved win against Sampdoria, another one after the victory in the Europa League that boosted the Nerazzurri’s energy and confidence. Great satisfaction for Atalanta fans as well at the Gewiss Stadium and for Director-General Umberto Marino: “We broke through”.
Director-General Umberto Marino, we saw a great Atalanta side, we needed this clear victory at the Gewiss Stadium.
“We needed to give our fans the three points and to give them some joy even in the league, not only in the Cup. In 2022 we failed to get the perfect score due to some incidents, bad luck and other situations that I don’t want to discuss anymore. We have never failed to put in good performances, the team had always done their best and always tried to get the three points. They did all this by always embracing the coach’s philosophy, which is to take to the pitch to win.”
This great excitement comes from the match against Olympiacos, this 3-0 clear win and the same de Roon also said we have to restart from there. This is what he had said in the interviews recorded in Athens. Well, they did it. They showed a great desire to win.
“Yes, we perhaps broke through a mental block concerning our results, as I said the team has always done its best and always produced strong displays. We only lacked the final goal or the result awarding the three points. However, the team is having a significant path both in the league and the Europa League.”
This squad, this team is great on and off the pitch right now. Miranchuk scored and the whole team gathered around to embrace Miranchuk, who didn’t celebrate. These are not easy days neither for Malinovskyi or for Miranchuk.
“The squad have shown great maturity as they were close to these two guys, who are very sensitive and have very different characters. However, they’re suffering a lot from this situation. The whole squad and the Club are close to them because they’re living unique moments, as their families are in Ukraine and Russia. Hence, they know how difficult it is to overcome this moment.”