Gian Piero Gasperini spoke at his press conference ahead of Atalanta-Fiorentina, the 2020-2021 Serie A TIM matchday 11 fixture, which comes right after qualifying for the UEFA Champions League round of 16: “From now until the end of February, we will only focus on the league. It is not that we didn’t think about it before, but it is undeniable that the Champions League has taken a lot of energy away. The game against Ajax was very different from the one in Liverpool and also the performance was different perhaps also because we could count on two results out of three. However, even in the league we have always tried to do the best we could”.

Our next opponent is Fiorentina, a challenging side: “Fiorentina are an excellent team who signed important players, of absolute value. I expect it to be a challenging match for both teams”.

Finally, a dutiful memory about Paolo Rossi: “He is a part of our youth, a point of reference. I personally knew him when I was 12 at a tournament in Florence where he did fantastic things. Even as a young man he was an extraordinary talent”.