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It is not an exaggeration to note that Alejandro Gómez has a pretty miserable relationship with his coach Gian Piero Gasperini right now.

Gómez also does a lot to prevent things from getting better, on the contrary.

That also remains to be recorded.

The Argentine is an institution in the top Italian team Atalanta Bergamo.

He has been part of the club since 2014, is now the team's captain, a crowd favorite anyway and, as the spiritus rector in the attacking midfield, one of the driving forces behind Bergamo's remarkable soaring in recent years.

Experts see his game design as one of the main reasons that Atalanta made it into the Champions League and even caused a sensation there.

What Gómez, whom everyone in the club only calls Papu, but now achieved, suggests that it will not continue so gloriously.

At least not for him.

In the game on Wednesday evening at Juventus Turin, he carried his dispute with coach Gasperini in public.

The 32-year-old playmaker was only a substitute, so just before kick-off he sat on the reservists' armchairs.

The club song from Juventus Turin rang out - and Gómez could be seen singing Juve's club anthem with a smug smile.

A football crime, the outrage was great.

But possibly also well calculated.

"You will find out the truth when I go"

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This was preceded by a conflict that Gómez had fought against Gasperini in the Champions League against FC Midtjylland in early December.

More or less visible to the public.

The coach had asked him to leave the position in the headquarters for tactical reasons and to switch to the outside lane.

Gómez opposed this, however, which is why Gasperini took him out of the game.

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The dispute must have been simmering behind the scenes since then.

“In all families, arguments are part of everyday life.

Sometimes they are stronger, but it is precisely then that we have to pull ourselves together and carry on ”, Managing Director Luca Percassi tried to smooth things over.

Coach and player would stay until the end of the season, he said.

In addition, he did not want to commit.

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That in turn drove Gómez to the barricades, at the beginning of the week he vented his anger on his Instagram page.

He wrote: “Dear Atalanta fans, I am writing to you here because I have no other way to defend myself and speak to you.

I just wanted to let you know that when I go you will know the truth.

You know me and the person I am.

I love you. ”But apparently no longer his superiors, as the prelude to the duel against Juve could have shown.

Alejandro Gomez (top left) on the Atalanta Bergamo substitutes' bench before the game

Source: AFP / MARCO BERTORELLO

From a sporting point of view, the duel brought the realization that the Turinians were not able to make the jump to second place.

In the duel between two Champions League round of 16 players, coach Andrea Pirlo's team did not make it past 1-1 (1-0), but remained unbeaten in Serie A.

Federico Chiesa had put the Italian record champions in the lead in the 29th minute.

The Swiss Remo Freuler (57th) equalized for Bergamo.

The best chance for the winning goal for Juve was given by superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese failed in the 61st minute with a weak penalty shot by Bergamo's goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini.

In the first half, striker Alvaro Morata had shot next to the empty Atalanta goal in an unsuccessful attempt.

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Meanwhile, Inter Milan have caught up to one point with city rivals and championship leaders AC Milan.

Inter won the top game against fourth-placed SSC Napoli thanks to a penalty from Romelo Lukaku (73rd) 1-0 (0-0).

AC Milan, on the other hand, surprisingly did not get more than 2-2 (0-0) in relegation candidate CFC Genoa.