Admits RB Leipzig's Quality In The Europa League, Gasperini: Very Good Team

Gian Piero Gasperini (Twitter.com/@Atalanta_BC)

JAKARTA - Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini acknowledged the superior quality of RB Leipzig when his team were eliminated from the Europa League. La Dea lost 0-2 in the second leg of the quarter-finals at Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo, Thursday night local time.

Quoted by Antara from football-italy, Friday, Gasperini said his team had been attacking constantly, but could not create many shots on target.

"We attacked constantly and didn't get enough shots on target. RB Leipzig are undoubtedly a very good team," said Gasperini.

"It was a balanced game, we thought we had played really well, even if we didn't get that last spark."

The Italian coach continued to say that one of the reasons his team failed to score was because it was good for RB Leipzig to close the counter-attack from Atalanta.

Gasperini explained his team had been trying to find a goal in that match, but a poor finish meant Atalanta had to accept defeat.

"Unfortunately, it happens a lot, Leipzig close and then counter-attack with pace. Sometimes they do really well," said Gasperini.

"We've been doing this lately, attacking for a long time and not finding the final pass or the decisive shot."

As a result, Atalanta had to be eliminated from the Europa League after losing 1-3 on aggregate to RB Leipzig who won the match thanks to two goals from Christopher Nkunku.