Gian Pieo Gasperini came very close to another miracle with Atalanta Bergamo. - Rafael Marchante / AP / SIPA

At one point, we wanted to bring out the old-fashioned joke of Italians and how to cap a bottle of champagne. And then in fact no. Because the Euro 2000 final was something else, and then because we like Atalanta.

Rassegna stampa by #imiserabilideltifocontro #ATAPSG #Atalanta #Gasperini pic.twitter.com/6n7lDaPsha

- Pierluigi Scigliano (@PierluigiSci) August 13, 2020

The sensation team of the Italian season, one of the most spectacular on the continent, has long believed in another exceptional evening on Wednesday against PSG. As if fate were to accompany the first large city to be hit by the Coronavirus to the end. And then the exit of the small Argentine genius Pepu Gomez, the speed of Mbappé, the physical fatigue, ended up tipping everything on the wrong side in three minutes. A scenario difficult to digest for Gian Piero Gasperini, the Bergamesque coach, still classed in defeat despite everything.

“It's a very difficult game, very hard for both teams. For us, obviously, there is a lot of remorse to have conceded two goals at the end of the match. We thought the match was over, it's hard. When we led, we managed pretty well. But the entry of Mbappé, combined with the presence of Neymar, changed things for PSG. His entry gave an energy to PSG who were losing the match, this was fundamental because of what he brought. The goal of equalization, above all, leaves us with a lot of bitterness. PSG have good probabilities of playing the final. It would be a small consolation for Atalanta anyway.

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