Ruslan Malinovskyi was one of the strikers in the reverse fixture, having scored the second of three goals, in the match against Fiorentina at the Gewiss Stadium that ended in a 3-0 win for Atalanta.

“I scored directly from a free-kick – Ruslan commented -. It’s good to score but it’s even better when the team wins afterwards because we are a group”.

Fiorentina are fresh from a 1-1 comeback draw at the stadium Ferraris against Genoa. Atalanta, on the contrary, are fresh from the 3-2 win against Udinese at the Gewiss Stadium, with two assists provided by the same Ruslan.

“We must play our football, being aggressive and avoiding leaving them any space”. 

There are nine matches left to play until the end of the league in the following order: against Fiorentina, Juventus, Roma, Bologna, Sassuolo, Parma, Benevento, Genoa and Milan. Nine ‘finals’.

“All these matches will be difficult – Malinovskyi concluded -, at this time everyone wants to win points for their respective goals. All games will be tough. And then we also have the final of the Coppa Italia. We’ll have to do our best in all these fixtures”.