Bologna-Atalanta at 20.45 closes the 17th day of the championship DIRECT
"Malinovskyi has already been replaced by Lookman in the summer."
On the eve of the postponement of Bologna, Gian Piero Gasperini has already corrected the shot at the Atalanta attack with the de facto transfer of the Ukrainian to Marseille.
"The enhancement of team play comes from the prolificacy of the offensive department, up to now a bit lacking - commented the coach -. Ruslan played a lot forward but hadn't been taken as a striker, in case midfielder or attacking midfielder. Zapata recovered, like Musso: we're all here except Muriel who has heel pain. Between them, Hojlund and Boga also need goals from set pieces, assists and pressure on the opposing defences".
The 2-2 in extremis with Spezia at the resumption of the championship gave indications on two changes in the starting eleven.
"The positive thing is that for the first time this season we have recovered from the disadvantage - explains Gasperini -. Rasmus is a player with great perspective, he reopened the match on Wednesday with a personal play. He has a remarkable frequency of steps and kicks with great Pasalic can make use of his physicality and his timing in insertion: his ability to be present in the area is superior to the attackers themselves".
If Ederson and Zapata himself are expendable, the pre-match thoughts also concern who must avoid goals: "We continue to take goals from the small area, it seems to me for the fourth matchday in a row. At the beginning we played lower and maybe conceded less ,
when we had an exaggerated amount of points in the standings, but if you find yourself at a disadvantage you are forced to play with more pressure - the coach specifies -.
A player's consideration does not depend on a negative performance: Toloi is very important like Djimsiti and Palomino.
In addition to Scalvini's growth, there is Demiral who is not yet in place even if called up, there is Okoli.
Numerically we are in place". A look at the opponent, his protégé in Genoa's golden age: "Thiago Motta left his mark on Bologna.
He is trying to raise the level and he does it with his ideas, according to the characteristics he already had as a footballer.
But he had also done well in the short time on the Genoa bench and at Spezia". A thought goes to Gianluca Vialli:" An example also off the pitch,
perhaps his Juventus was also the best ever from a character point of view.
I trained the pupils and I always saw him train.
My memory of that period also goes to the athletic trainer Giampiero Ventrone".
