
The Atalanta coach presents the Champions League match against Los Blancos
Gian Piero Gasperini presents the Champions League match against Real Madrid, underlining the importance of competing against one of the strongest teams in Europe to test the competitiveness of his team.
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Atalanta prepares to face Real Madrid in a Champions League match. Gasperini reflects on the growth of the team and the comparison with the big European teams.
Our attitude led us to finish third and win the Champions League last year. We have characteristics that we don't distort, then we know the value of Real, because when you think you can put them in difficulty then that's when they score goals for you. Gian Piero Gasperini said this on the eve of the Champions League match against Real Madrid.
It's an opportunity to compete with them, recently we played against Inter and Como who are among the best in Italy, now we meet one of the strongest in Europe. We want to understand how competitive we can be, he added.
While on the goals in the cup he instead explained: Obviously it is my goal and my hope to do better than what we did with Atalanta who also started from lower than Roma. He didn't win in the Champion but he won in the Europa League. But our football cannot make proclamations, now we have to grow our little garden because the last Champions League was won by Inter in 2011.
Finally an evaluation on Real Madrid: For us it is a good time to meet them. We want to compete with one of the strongest teams in Europe even if it perhaps needs some testing. There remains a team that beat Inter in the Champions League, it will be a very prestigious match.

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