It’s a great satisfaction for Atalanta, who have qualified for the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals by beating Bayer Leverkusen both at the Gewiss Stadium and at the BayArena. As CEO Luca Percassi claimed: “It’s something extraordinary”.

CEO Luca Percassi, here’s another great satisfaction as Atalanta reach the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.

“Yes. It’s something extraordinary, it’s yet another amazing page in the history of Atalanta. We’re living these European campaigns to the fullest, as they give us so much. This evening we struggled. We’re enjoying this great result.”

The team suffered and that’s why this win is even more amazing, with Jérémie Boga scoring the winner in the final minutes of the match.

“We’re very happy as Jérémie joined us recently, and who, obviously, needs time to integrate into the team. This goal must give him a lot of confidence. We know he’s an important player. We took advantage of his quality. It’s great he scored a winner at the end of the match. The team did well in the first half. They struggled in the second half. But they are a great team.”

Atalanta were drawn against Olympiacos first, then against Bayer Leverkusen, which, perhaps, were the worst two options that could be drawn against Atalanta at the moment. Well, Atalanta beat them both and reached the quarter-finals. Gasperini said that now there would be strong teams, it doesn’t mean that these two weren’t, but Atalanta are also one of the strong teams.

“Yes, Atalanta are aware of their DNA. We know our roots. We know our history well. We must enjoy every moment of this adventure to the fullest. It’s obvious there are strong teams [in the Europa League]. But it’s part of the game.”

A lot of fans came here to see the match and are chanting: “We are Bergamaschi, we have no boundaries. Like never before…

“Yes. It’s amazing. It’s amazing to be able to experience these European away fixtures together again. We had too many of them without our fans but we knew we were bringing joy to our fans at home. Having them here is a good reason to be glad and share this moment and these magic evenings.”