"I would like to reach the maximum this season: the way we are now, the goal is to return to the Champions League".
So Gian Piero Gasperini, Atalanta coach, on the eve of the first return match with Sampdoria: "It's a bit tough for the Scudetto, at 35 points we're already safe", the Nerazzurri coach's quip.
"Sampdoria is always difficult to face, our confidence must not lead to euphoria - warned Gasperini -. Let's remember the Cremonese, last hosted when we were first without being able to go beyond the draw. The matches must all be played".
Again, on the training choices: "Zapata is recovered for the bench or to play: he is called up, Muriel too, Pasalic is also up front - observes the Bergamo coach -.
Lookman immediately showed that he has the right characteristics for us, even if in the Bundesliga and in the Premier League he played more on the outside and away from goal.
I don't think I'll let anyone rest in view of the quarter-final in the Coppa Italia with Inter: five substitutions are worth half the team, when one is tired they leave." Finally, on yesterday's 65th birthday: "I don't know if I get a discount at the cinema or for the ski pass - he smiles - but I dream of finding shared situations to continue playing my football".