National football player Merih Demiral, who plays in Atalanta, one of the Italian First Football League (Serie A) teams, stated that he came to this team because he thought that the blue-black team could be a great opportunity for him.
In a statement to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the 23-year-old national player stated that he received many offers, including from other countries, during the summer transfer period, but the idea of working with Atalanta Coach Gian Piero Gasperini convinced him, “Before accepting the offer of the black and blue people. I talked to the coach and realized that it could be a great opportunity for me.” said.
Demiral stated that the Atalanta adventure started out hard for him and said, “You have to enter the system, change your game mentality, always look forward and be ready to run backwards. In particular, you have to get used to Gasperini’s training intensity. This game wouldn’t be complete without them. But I think it fits my specifications. I like to get the attackers up front and fight them all the time.” used the expressions.
“EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS”
Reminding that he scored a good goal against Napoli in the 16th week of the league, Demiral said that their coach, Gasperini, emphasized that the defenders are also attackers and the attackers are also defenders in Atalanta, and that this gives them pleasure while playing.
Asked if they are doing different things this year, when Atalanta is 3rd in the league, Merih Demiral said, “We are a good team made up of players who are suitable to play the football that our coach wants. I don’t know if we are doing anything special, but this Atalanta is trying to play, everything with that. possible,” he replied.
Asked if they would be champions, Demiral said that he would not talk about it unless he was first in the league, as his teacher Gasperini said.
Expressing that his former team Juventus and Atalanta are two different teams in terms of tactics and preparation for the matches, Demiral noted that their two teams are at a similar level.
“WE CAN UNITED GO TO THE TOP WITHOUT RONALDO?”
Referring to his friendship with Portuguese star player Cristiano Ronaldo, who was his teammate when he was at Juventus, Merih Demiral said, “Cristiano and I are close friends. He has always helped me a lot. We communicate frequently via Whatsapp. He is truly one of the most special people I have met.” used.
Reminding that Cristiano Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo are two rivals in the UEFA Champions League this season, Demiral said, “I can say that it is better for Ronaldo to be in your team rather than being in the competition. He always manages to make a difference. Look at the Champions League groups. Manchester United can go to the top round without Ronaldo. was it?” said.
Demiral expressed regret for being eliminated from the Champions League and said: “Especially the games we lost to Manchester United and Villarreal. We could have won both games. But now we have the UEFA Europa League, where we can do good things. It’s an important trophy. Just looking at the names of the teams that are there.” “That’s enough. Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona, Porto. But we’ll look at the Olympiakos game first,” he said.
“ATTENTION, WE ARE NOT LIKE LAST YEAR”
Reminding that the Turkish National Team is on the C Road where Portugal, Italy and North Macedonia are located to go to the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar and will play against Portugal, Demiral said, “Even though Portugal is one of the strongest teams in the world, Turkey is one of the strongest teams in the world. “My ‘m can play this round. If we pass this round, maybe we can face Italy again. Beware, we are not like last European Championship. We weren’t quite ready in June. There was a lack of experience and Italy was really strong. If we meet again in the spring, it will be different. It could be a match,” he commented.
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