Carlo Ancelotti praises Gian Piero Gasperini and his Atalanta

Carlo Ancelotti spoke on the eve of Atalanta-Real Madrid in a press conference: “Atalanta are playing their best, they have improved a lot since the Super Cup challenge. Vinicius starting? He is fine, we have to evaluate him, today&#39s training will be important. Bellingham has recovered, the only two doubts are Rodrygo and Vinicius”.

He then praised Gian Piero Gasperini: “We are very good friends, we met at Juventus, he is doing a great job in this team. Every year there are so many changes in the squad, but he knows how to take advantage of all the resources he has. The work he is doing è spectacular”.

“Atalanta has done a great job, they compete in the Italian league and in Europe, they have done an extraordinary job. Atalanta remains at a high level, this says a lot about the structure of the club and the quality of the coach”.

“These are three points and they are very important for qualification. We have three more games, it will be difficult to place in the top eight teams, we will probably make a playoff round, but it is only three points. For me è it is always special to play in Italy, I am 100 percent Italian” concluded Ancelotti.

Monza-Udinese, the probable formations

The fifteenth day of Serie A closes with the challenge between Monza and Udinese. Kickoff at 8:45 p.m. at the U-Power Stadium. Both teams are living a difficult moment: the biancorossi, coming off two draws in the league, have been missing a victory for more than a month; the bianconeri have lost four of their last five challenges in Serie A, including the last one at home with Genoa (0-2).

Nesta recovers Maldini, who will start from 1′ paired with Mota, behind the lone striker Djuric. Midfield dike formed by Bianco and Bondo, with Pedro Pereira and Kyriakopoulos on the flanks. In defense Izzo returns, between the posts Turati.

Runjaic must do without the injured Okoye and Davis: in goal will be Sava, while in attack Lucca will be Thauvin’s partner. In midfield dance between Ekkelenkamp and Zarraga, in defense Kristensen replaces the disqualified Touré.

Probable lineups

MONZA (3-4-2-1): Turati, Izzo, Pablo Marì, Carboni, Pedro Pereira, Bianco, Bondo, Kyriakopoulos, Maldini, Mota Carvalho, Djuric. All. Nesta.

UDINESE (3-5-2): Sava, Kristensen, Bijol, Lautaro Giannetti, Ehizibue, Lovric, Karlstrom, Ekkelenkamp, Zemura, Lucca, Thauvin All. Runjaic.

Sofia Goggia prepares for comeback

Sofia Goggia spoke to the press via a link from Denver, just days before her return to the slopes over the weekend in Beaver Creek. “Definitely for me è it was the longest American trip of my whole career,” she began, “but obviously having removed the means of synthesis on September 7, I had to wait 40-45 days to be able to then ski in Europe. I did a few days just to understand a little bit about the adaptation to the boot that fortunately did not need any modification, so then I did three days in Senals and three days in Solden and then we decided to fly directly here”.

“Incidentally, this program è was the same as Nicol Delago’s,” added the Bergamasque, “who also, having broken her collarbone in Ushuaia, needed to ski a little more, and I think it was the right choice. Becauseé the secret in my opinion è being able to make a very good trip to Copper Mountain, which last year we didn t do instead because of the races that had put us in mid-November in Cervinia”.

“Copper è a crucial gathering especially for speed becauseé è the only training where you can really do a minute and thirty of downhill in the whole year. The work you do here and also just on set-up è  qualitatively higher. I honestly am fine, the foot è something I don&#39t think about, clearly I arrived a little rusty. The first few days I skied only in the upper part, so we were also doing 10 laps very intense because there is a really important pushing part and the altitude is as well, training at 3500-3600 meters which for is a different altitude than in Europe because there are still trees being very continental Colorado”.

“When the speed track” was ready, I” finally started to have some good sessions in both SuperG” and downhill and let” let” let” say that the confidence with speed” remained. Maybe I m’expected to have a little bit more qualms, a little bit more fear to face certain turns at high speed, maybe even in the dark. And instead I came naturally to face the training sessions, as if ‘nothing had happened’ but this also came from the fact that my foot is really well and it didn t give me any problem at all”.