Gian Piero Gasperini, Atalanta coach, after the victory (3-0) against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final, on Sky Sports: “It’s a wonderful feeling. The boys were incredible, the performance they put on tonight (Wednesday) was fantastic. We can’t just defend in a match like this. We knew that (Leverkusen) was very strong on offense, but perhaps not as strong when forced to defend. And everything went well from the start. More than anything, it’s how we did it that matters. We absolutely deserved to win.”
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Xabi Alonso, coach of Bayer Leverkusen, speaking to RTL: “It wasn’t our day, we have to accept that. We must congratulate Atalanta, they deserved to win. We didn’t manage to put our game together, they were better in everything. Atalanta’s intensity was stronger. We couldn’t get the pass into the opposing final third in good conditions. The whole team gave everything today, but it wasn’t enough, we have to accept that. We must use this disappointment for our final on Saturday in the German Cup. »
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