Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season - page 57. (Read 58961 times)

Napoli would be a perfect fit for him, he is going to be able to use their system to grow Napoli once again too, because he did the same thing at Atalanta, but financially we need to be realistic and say that he is not going to be able to do much more than this, it's clear that Atalanta is not the type of team that could win UCL or something.

Napoli isn't as well, but at least they look a little bit bigger, and I honestly believe that we are going to end up with a much better result there, it will take a few years for him to grow there for sure, but it is going to definitely be worth it, because even if it is not just UCL, because Napoli can't win that neither, but at least we know from last year that they can win the league title, and Atalanta probably can't.

The Champions League is certainly more competitive than the European League, where squad depth, mentality and experience determine the fate of a team there. Atalanta was very lucky to win the Europa League trophy, and gave them two tickets to the Champions League this season. However, Leverkusen will also go there, because they are Bundesliga champions. It would be very interesting if the two teams met in one group in the Champions League, it would be an event for revenge.

It's true, the challenge facing Atalanta in the future is the transfer window, where they have to try to recruit new players while having to struggle to retain existing players, which is quite difficult to do. If you assess squad depth, Leverkusen has a better and more even squad depth than Atalanta, but the challenges they face will be the same.

Gasperini even immediately received an offer from Napoli after successfully leading Atalanta to win the Europa League, fortunately the manager chose to stay at the club. Atalanta and Leverkusen will be newcomers to the Champions League, in fact there are several other teams that also have the same status as them, such as Bologna and Girona.

Next season is not going to be an easy one because we've watched how these clubs becomes interesting and going all in when it comes to major titles. Atalanta are Europa League champions and they have one main goal to ensure to reach significant phases in the UEFA Champions League next season. This club we're talking have been underrated several times but they never bend their head from accomplishing main titles, consistency matters and got them this far.

Ilicic was a popular player, but Lookman surpassed him too. The 26-year-old Nigerian scored a hattrick against Leverkusen and became one of the few players to achieve this feat in the European Cup final. It is already being discussed whether Lookman will stay in Atalanta next year because the great game he played in the final made him known in Europe. Now many teams want to transfer him

Next season will be a more difficult season for Atalanta. They will play in the Champions League which is more competitive than Serie A or UEL. Atalanta needs to add several players to the depth of their squad. The current team is very good and they are the champion team because they managed to win the UEFA European League trophy. But that won't be enough for them to compete in the UCL. This reminds me of Leicester City in the 2017/2018 season when they played in the UCL. They must not sell their important players and they must look for some new players.

This is like a snowball, I mean the rumors circulating are getting more and more unclear. I mean right now Napoli are also rumored to be with Conte, but on the other hand there are lots of media who say they are interested in the Atalanta coach, on the other hand we hear news that Atalanta will still be with their current coach for next season.

Despite all the rumors, I hope they can get the best, both for the coach and for the club itself. Next season is an important season, if Gasperini is still with Atalanta, there will be a lot of hope for him to be able to provide an even better performance. Also for Napoli, this season they performed very badly, so if they get a new coach, it is hoped that the coach will improve the club's performance even better. They must be careful in appointing a coach, and they must not rush because a new coach will need time to adapt and learn the qualities of the squad they have.

This season is the first time for Gasperini to give a trophy to Atlanta after 7 seasons as coach, Atlanta who have never been favorites to win the Europa League certainly surprised us all because they managed to beat an unbeaten team this season in the Europa League final, beating Leverkusen is certainly not an easy job for many teams this season but not with Atlanta,  Atlanta managed to destroy Leverkusen with 3 goals without reply and of course the victory could not be denied because the strategy and also the game scheme applied by Gasperini was really quite effective in destroying Leverkusen's game throughout the game.


Atlanta success in winning the Europa League certainly made Gasperini prestige rise dramatically at this time, reportedly Napoli is the leading team that wants to recruit Gasperini as their coach next season, even De Laurentiis who is the president of Napoli asked Gasperini directly to coach Napoli next season, but now reportedly Napoli began to make Conte their coach target again after Gasperini chose to stay in Atlanta,  Gasperini journey as a coach so far has been not too flashy and not considered a top coach because he has never coached a big team, indeed Gasperini has coached Intermilan but as far as I know Gasperini did not last long at Intermilan because after 5 matches he was immediately fired by Intermilan.

Atalanta has shown a progressive improvement this season, of which if they continue with such progression without any form of obstruction dues to circumstances or situations that my arise, I'm optimistic about them been able to getting to the point where they will become top contenders before the end of next season, Atalanta has got one advantage which has helped them a whole lot against other teams in the Europa and their domestic league.

Their defense mechanism has gotten a very firm firm that got them looking much tougher than even other teams in the Europa such that if they happen to get an early goal, chances are they will win or end that game in a draw but loosing is almost out of it if they are the first scorers in the beginning of the game. Sometimes some team get to show that they can be better and looking good in their form only to come in very terrible the next season, just like ajax did last season and this season in the Netherlands league, Atlanta will need to be consistent if they will be able to maintain their form to becoming better by next season.

The Italian league isn't a very competitive one so they have the privilege of been able to register to maintain a good form and position at the top because if they are able to get there they get to have only very fee top contenders as the league isn't that really competitive that they will be displaced too soon by another top team, they can as much dare to be in the title race for the first time in awhile.

It is rumored that Napoli wants Gasperini, but from several media that I have read, you are right if Gasperini has reportedly said that he will stay with Atalanta next season. Gasperini achievments for UEL title for Atalanta will start to attract the attention of European clubs. Those who initially didn't believe Gasperini, now will consider about him. In history, only Inter Milan has ever made him a coach from a top club. Now, maybe other top clubs will start to make him as their clubs, because he can bring an ordinary Atalanta squad to get UEL title.

Seeing the news that happened, in fact there were serious talks about Gasperini and Atalanta, but indeed for the time being these rumors were immediately abolished with the statement that for next season Gasperini will still train Atalanta as his place to stay.

In the statement given, Gasperini respects Napoli but indeed he has confirmed that Atalanta will still be his place next season and actually in my opinion this is a good thing to do because after all with the benefits obtained for next season as well as with the chemistry that is already running very well owned by Gasperini and Atalanta indeed this is a very good thing done by Gasperini.

At least with this, even though Atapanta is a dark horse club but to be in the Champions League with a special ticket as Europa League champions, it is indeed a pride that Atalanta and Gasperini must realize.

Yes, I heard the news that Gesperini received an offer from another team, one of which was Napoli, but as I said, this news was just a rumor, there was indeed some news that said the two parties had had personal communication, but the news came from media that didn't. too reliable, so I also still doubt this.
It actually makes sense for Napoli to target Gesperini because this season they have performed poorly, so it is possible that they will be interested in a coach who has given success to one team and that is Gesperini, the coach from Atalanta.
Napoli's situation is also uncertain now, so whether they will focus on recruiting their coach or what, I don't know for sure, but what is clear is that big changes will definitely be made by Napoli following their failure this season which in Serie A itself they had to finish in. 10th position, after last season they managed to become champions.

I don't know if it was from my own point of view from this season domestic and international competitions that Atalanta can only perform very well in Europa and not in their domestic leagues. Atalanta will still be finding it difficult to challenge clubs like Inter and Milan who are always fit for domestic leagues. However, when it comes to European competition, Atalanta can do better than playing in their domestic league because their opponents don't understand their game pattern and are not used to playing Atalanta.

This is why you see that it was very easy for Atalanta to defeat Liverpool and Leverkusen just like that because they all have their own game patterns but that of Atalanta surpasses both Liverpool and Leverkusen. Like you said, Alonso needs some new players to strengthen the club because they are playing in the champions league next season which is not always an easy league, because every club in UCL are champions.

Atalanta is playing very well in the domestic league from their last five matches, they have experienced consecutive wins, especially since they won against Torino yesterday, Gasperini is definitely still focused on finishing the final match of the domestic league season with a perfect win, I think we know that Gasperini is quite good at strategizing. his players and are able to surprise their opponents as we saw when facing Leverkusen previously. Gasperini needs financial support to add some important new players next season.

The reason is that the competition will definitely be quite tight where they will play in the UCL next season, not in the UEL if they manage to be in the top four too. but whatever it is, Gasperini must have prepared the players who will be retained for next season because it can help this team to become the strongest team next season. At least they can enter the important round in the UCL next season. Their success in the UEL this season is quite good in conquering teams. strongest in England and in Germany, I also hope Gasperini can stay at Atalanta because I think he deserves to be a coach there, don't make mistakes like Napoli last season had to let go of their coach after that this season they look much worse. important in maintaining it.

Atalanta's sweet season with Gasperini this season, it cannot be denied that Gasperini is the most important figure for Atalanta at the moment, Atalanta's success this season in winning the Europa League and also qualifying for the Coppa Italia Final, is truly extraordinary for the Atalanta team who have built their reputation to the level the next one will be better, but this performance must be maintained and maximized even better for next season, we know Atalanta will qualify for the Champions League next season, of course the competition will be even more challenging, of course Atalanta management must be ready to provide better players for Gasperini so that he can make Atalanta's performance the best.

Next season will certainly be tougher than this season. Atalanta must be able to make improvements so that they can show again that they are good competitors. I will not doubt the Atalanta team because they have a very experienced coach and are able to put on a good performance, of course, as supporters. Atalanta, I hope they come back next season with some new players to start next season better.

Apart from not needing to throw away the old players that Atalanta already has this season, the Atalanta team itself also needs to look at other players who are much better if they have enough funds to buy new players so they can be included in the existing squad. I am also starting to be impressed with the gameplay created by Gasperini because this was very visible when Atalanta played in the Europa League this season and also in Serie A this season. Hopefully next season things like that can continue with Atalanta so that other teams don't think of them as a weak team.

I also hope so, their success in the Europa League will spark their enthusiasm to perform better next season. This is clearly good capital for them to show that they can also compete. This season they even have 2 final matches, in the Europa League and in the Coppa Italia. Even though they failed in the Coppa Italia because they lost to Juventus, that was also an achievement for them, moreover, they were also able to pay for their defeat in the Coppa Italia by succeeding in becoming European League champions.
There are still many records they have to improve and they have to do it quickly, because if their performance is still like this season it will make it difficult for them to compete, however they have to improve their performance.

For this season, Atalanta has shown big surprise that really could not have been predicted, they have managed to win the Europa League title and for next season they will have the opportunity to participate in the UCL competition.
But for next season, I doubt if I have to say that Atalanta will be able to achieve better results than this season because the development of each team that will be Atalanta opponents will certainly experience very different changes, especially for Serie A and also the UCL in each season has dominant team with strength that cannot be underestimated.
For Serie A then Atalanta can still compete and fight for the title and win the Scudetto but for the UCL it is really difficult to dominate because there are team like Real Madrid, Manchester City and several other strong teams, this clearly puts pressure tough for Atalanta.

But as far as I remember, Josep Ilicic himself was not a great player for Atalanta, can see that his performance while playing for Atalanta has decreased every season.
Currently, the one who really looks brilliant is Ademola Lookman and few years ago, if I looked at the best performance of the Atalanta players, I would say that Duvan Zapata was the best, but unfortunately last season he played very badly and is now players Torino after leaving Atalanta.

That is true after we have been watching the match. I noticed that many people were not even rooting for Atlanta to win the game because of Leverkusen's unstoppable running and it makes also atalanta bettors have been getting better results. Bookies have been favoring leverkusen to win the game but they are all wrong about that. Atlanta has had a great season. It was finally time for a trophy after Gasperini had spent seven years at the club without one. Atalanta believes Gesperini as a capable coach to lead the team.
Gasperini may have been planning this for a long time, even since Atlanta advanced to the final. There's little doubt that Garperini can do that since he's had a lot of experience facing a football club that prioritizes ball possession and buildup to win games . Leverkusen was not fortunate in this game.
I believe Atalanta is gradually displaying positive results under Gasperini. He deserves a lot of credit, especially since Gasperini helped Atlanta exit the negative balance sheet as well.

Atalanta is just an average team, they must be interested in a big offer. If there is a big offer to Lookman or other players, it seems hard to reject it. Moreover, Atalanta isn't a big team, the player must expect to move to a better team. If the offer comes from the big teams in EPL, or the big teams from other leagues, I think Atalanta players may consider leaving Atalanta. Moreover if Atalanta wants to improve their squad, they need a lot of money. If they can sell few players with big transfer fees, they can get other players with cheaper prices.

Of course, Atalanta will play in UCL for the next season. It is not a guarantee to win Europa league, it doesn't mean they are quite strong now. The team should need some players who can strengthen the teams in the higher competition for the next season. So, I guess Atalanta may plan to rebuild their squad, they probably expect to have fresh money for this plan. Since Atalanta isn't a rich team, one of the ways to get the money is selling some players to be a realistic option.



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But I don't think that Atalanta is all that rich and they are not really one of the top addresses in European football. It's quite unlikely that they will be able to improve their squad by a lot. I guess they will be one of the teams that most likely get kicked out during the group stage in the Champions League. But who knows, I might be wrong though. I wouldn't have thought that they can beat Leverkusen like this. They were super efficient with their chances given that they had so low ball possession. Leverkusen played the game and Atalanta scored the goals.

But I guess if they were to repeat that game a couple of times, Leverkusen would win more than they would lose. It's not like that everyday when a team has 33% ball possession and literally destroys the opponent with three goals. Still hard to believe that Leverkusen couldn't even score once in that game. If they didn't lose that game, I guess it would be the first time ever that a team managed to not lose a single game in all three competitions.