Gasperini: “Koopmeiners victim of market disputes, Atalanta damaged. Against Real Madrid the closed prediction motivates us”

L’Atalanta is ready to play the most prestigious match in its history: on Wednesday it will face Real Madrid in Warsaw for the European Super Cup. In addition to the long-term injured players, Scamacca and Scalvini, the coach Gian Piero Gasperini will have to do without KoopmeinerThe Dutch midfielder is the number one target of the Juventus and the interest is reciprocated. Even the Liverpool followed him in recent weeks. A situation that annoyed the coach: “Absences? Sorry for Scalvini and Scamacca, but Koopmeiners is the real victim. He was influenced by the squabbles of marketmy regret is great, everything was done to damage Atalanta – he said to Sky Sport –. I don’t know what will happen, but he is a healthy and recoverable boy.”

Gasperini: “Ancelotti a point of reference”

Gasperini will find his friend on the opposing bench Charles Ancelotti: “What Carlo has done in these years is clear for all to see, he is one of the most successful coaches in the world, he is a point of reference for many. We took the course at Coverciano together, we have known each other for a long time, there is certainly a relationship of great esteem. It is nice to find ourselves in a European final after such a long time, he is certainly more used to it, but it is a great achievement for me too”.

Gasperini jokes: “Maybe Ancelotti gets the formation wrong…”

Against Real Madrid, the most successful team in the world, the new signing Retegui will play. “He is ready like everyone else, this is certainly a stimulating match for anyone. Even Lookman he’s fine, he started the retreat among the first, for us he’s an important player. What worries me about Real? First of all I have the advantage that I can’t get the lineup wrong, Carlo will have many more problems. It’s a pressure that you have to put on him – the Nerazzurri coach tries to joke -. You have a hard time saying what characteristics they have, you don’t know who to hope doesn’t play. I hope the best play, because only with the strongest can you try to gain the maximum respect. On paper the prediction is even more closed than the one against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final. If we want it’s an even bigger obstacle, but the motivation for us is even bigger. In football it doesn’t always happen, but sometimes the predictions can be overturned”.