Gian Piero Gasperini acknowledges Thursday’s Champions League assembly with Arsenal will probably be a troublesome problem for his Atalanta facet following a combined begin to their Serie A marketing campaign.

Atalanta sit eighth within the Italian prime flight with two wins and two defeats from their first 4 video games of 2024-25, having crushed Fiorentina 3-2 in a thriller on Sunday.

La Dea twice trailed to targets from Lucas Martinez Quarta and Moise Kean, solely to combat again for victory with Mateo Retegui, Charles De Ketelaere and Ademola Lookman scoring.

Gasperini led Atalanta to Europa League glory final season, and they’re getting ready to step as much as the revamped Champions League, with Arsenal the guests for his or her first league-phase match subsequent week.

Gasperini is aware of the Gunners will present an enormous check, telling DAZN: “It’s not simply their aerial energy, it’s the best way they run and transfer the ball. They’ve incredible dynamism.

“Arsenal are an ideal reference level in England, they dominated the Premier League final season together with Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool.

“We’ve got by no means performed towards them and I believe they are going to be a giant check for us due to their depth, high quality and tempo.

“We’re not used to groups with these traits, this could possibly be an issue for us.”

Gasperini additionally expressed frustration with the current worldwide break, noting that it had sophisticated efforts to arrange the group for his or her European marketing campaign.

“Having the break for worldwide obligation was not useful, as so a lot of them left once more right away,” he stated.

“I believe to begin with this group wants to search out solidity, get these mechanisms operating easily.”





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