Gian Piero Gasperini spoke at the press conference held at the Centro Bortolotti ahead of Atalanta’s season opener against Sassuolo. The 2023-2024 Serie A TIM matchday 1 fixture is scheduled for Sunday 20 August at 18:30 CEST at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia: “The season opener is always highly anticipated; perhaps it is sometimes overshadowed by transfer news, but it is still a very important game.”

The head coach then moved on to tomorrow’s clash, which will be the first competitive game after the pre-season friendlies: “The away match against Sassuolo will be a proper match of football, a Serie A game. It will be tough because we are up against a very good team, quality opposition who always has noteworthy solutions”.