Atalanta, Palladino: Samardzic must score half-chances, my tactic | OneFootball

Raffaele Palladino, coach of Atalanta, spoke to DAZN's microphones at the end of yesterday's match lost 1-0 against Inter.

Atalanta, Palladino on Samardzic's mistake: "If you get half a chance, you have to score, I'll explain the tactic I had in mind tonight"

Inter conquered the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo and won 1-0 against Atalanta with a goal by Lautaro Martinez in the second half. At the end of the match, Raffaele Palladino, coach of the Bergamo team, spoke to DAZN's microphones about the opportunities they had to equalize and more.

These are his words: "I agree with the analysis, it's hard to digest precisely for this reason. At the end of the match, my first gesture was to go and hug him: I will never feel like condemning an individual, technical mistake, which can happen to anyone, especially to someone who has given so much to this jersey. Unfortunately, it's part of the game and we have to accept it. However, I told the team that beyond the episode, we tried until the last breath against a powerhouse. We had prepared the game differently compared to the recent past, and it's disappointing not to have collected points. Now, however, we must be good at resetting everything immediately, filing away the disappointment and turning it into competitive anger, because the next challenge against Roma is already around the corner and we want to redeem ourselves."

Tactics: "I'll explain the tactical choice: I have faced Inter in the last three years and I know well that if you press them high and strong, they will punish you. Lautaro and Thuram live to attack the depth behind the defense; they want you to expose yourself to hit you vertically. Our plan was to stay lower and work on the shifts, but in the first half, we did it with too low intensity, resulting in passivity and managing the ball poorly once regained. In the second half, however, we returned with a different attitude and with more quality. The regret is having conceded the goal just when the match was back in balance and we were coming out."

Samardzic: "I don't even condemn his mistake. We tried finishing with a 4-2-3-1 and four attackers on the field, but against these teams, you have to be perfect: if you get half a chance, you have to score. If you don't, you get punished."

Responses: "I found important responses, the ones I asked for at halftime. The game was decided by episodes: we made a mistake that cost us dearly and we weren't able to equalize the excellent opportunity we had. It's true that Inter also had chances on the counterattack, but we know that in big matches, details shift the balance and final judgments. We must accept it with maturity, without forgetting that we come from a streak of six wins in the last nine games. Our climb in the Champions League, Coppa Italia, and championship continues: this defeat must not hinder our growth."

Francesco Avano

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