Atalanta-Inter 0-2

Very heavy victory for Inter in the post-match of the 29th day of Serie A. At the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, after an evenly balanced first half opened with Thuram stopped by the post after a lonely action in one-on-one with the opponent goalkeeperr, Inzaghi’s Nerazzurri took the lead with a header by Carlos Augusto (54′) left free by the Dea defense.

The hosts were left in ten from 81’81; for the expulsion of Ederson (for double caution for protests) and in the final had to raise the white flag after Lautaro doubled (87′). In the recovery expelled, after Gian Piero Gasperini, also Bastoni.

The success allowed Inter to attempt a breakaway at the top of the standings by taking advantage of Napoli’s draw against Venezia in the 12:30 a.m. advance, moving to +3 right over the Azzurri and +6 over Atalanta, already defeated in the first leg at the San Siro and third after dreaming of a hook-up at the top.

The words of Pecco Bagnaia

Pecco Bagnaia è vented after the disappointing Grand Prix d’Argentina: “I simply struggled to have a pace that would allow me to at least try to fight for third place. I got off to a good start and got to the front right away, but after a few laps I started to have trouble getting the rear tire to work. I probably wasn’t good at handling it. Not è that I went so much slower than the first ones, but just that tenth or tenth and a half that added up for all the laps generated this gap of 5 seconds”.

“Unfortunately, although I tried in the final to get close to Franco again, I couldn’t. He pushed hard with the soft but in the end è it was consistent and so I made fourth, but there’è to work and there’è to understand some things. I am not being able to ride like I used to and especially I don’t have the feeling of last year. We have to work to get back to it”.

“I do my best every time I get on the track, I do what I can. My best today was to get fourth. As soon as I can regain my usual feeling I will come back and fight for first place, where I belong, because I am not a fourth-place or even a third-place rider. You have to work to get back to the front and get a good feeling, which is taking time away from me. This weekend we took a step forward, but obviously it è was not enough. È it is true that this is not è a congenial track, but I shouldn’t finish fourth anyway so there’è to make another step”.

“The’beginning of last year had been even more complicated. We had gone down a totally wrong path and got back on track in Jerez. Considering that in 2024 I had won in Qatar, a track where però I do very well, doing zero in Portimao and fifth in Austin, let’s say that the start of last season had been worse. Here però I’m already 31 points from the top, so you have to turn and try to gain points, becauseé even if the tracks that will come after Austin will be more towards me è difficult to recover so many points to a rider like Marquez that of mistakes does not make”, concluded.

The words of Thiago Motta

Thiago Motta spoke after the Franchi defeat; “With Fiorentina è it was a continuation of the last game. Today, as with Atalanta at the first difficulty, we did not know how to react and theì we definitely have to improve”.

“Today we are not strong né in the defensive phase, né in the offensive one – he added -. Before these two matches we had shown another face. Resigning? Leaving would be too easy and I don’t like easy things…. Surely we all have our responsibilities, I am the ultimate responsible for what happens from the first day I signed the contract”.

“I have to reset, regain the confidence that è what the team needs to do better. It’s up to me to find the way and the stimuli, so thaté they can go on the field to do their job well”.

“In difficulties” the reactions so far have always been very good and we have found ways to change situations,” the Juve coach continued. We will have to evaluate the strategy for the next competitions. We need to win and we need to find the points we need to stay in the top four. Today there’s little to say and a lot to reflect, think and keep lucid to find solutions. Already from the next race there will be different choices”.