Atalanta won convincingly in Udine. The Nerazzurri beat the hosting side 6-2, extending the final score at the death. Among the Nerazzurri scorers, there’s also Matteo Pessina, who scored his first goal in the league: “We wanted to restart well”. Here is the post-match interview.

Matteo Pessina, it was important to start 2022 well. It’s finally started. And it’s started better than well.

“Yes, you said it well. We had to win, after everything that happened these days, there were some troubles [Covid-19 related]. It was easy not to think about the pitch. It wasn’t so for us. We came here with the desire to win. And we did it.”

It was important to start this 2022 well, start this second half of the season well, and for you to keep this unbeaten run in away fixtures going.

“Yes, it’s true. We wanted to have a good start after the end of the first half of the season, in which we could have done better. We wanted to give that message. I think you could see that today because we played well today. We created many chances. We scored many goals. There were a lot of great moves. So, this is our starting point.”

Matteo, you’ll play in the Coppa Italia now and then there will be a top clash with Inter. One step at a time. First, you are to face Venezia in the [Coppa Italia] last 16. Whoever wins goes directly to the quarter-finals.

“Yes, it’s true, we’re well aware of it as we’ve been progressing in the Coppa Italia for some years now. It remains one of our goals. We want to get all the way through this competition this year as well. So, we’re aware of the importance of this match. We’ll focus on this one and then on the one against Inter.”

You must be also happy with your goal against Udinese?

“Yes, finally, after the one I scored in the Champions League, I got a goal in Serie A. I’m happy to start scoring again. As I always say, the important thing is that the team wins. If I score, it’s even better. But winning is the most important.”