Gasp: ‘Juve gap has widened’

Gian Piero Gasperini believes the gap between Atalanta and Juventus has widened and that his side are not "at the level of Inter" either.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the game between the two sides tomorrow, Gasperini disagreed Atalanta's recent exploits had moved them any closer to Juve.

"Atalanta have been at the top end of the League for a few years now, but we're not at the level of Juve and Inter," explained the coach.

Gian Piero Gasperini believes the gap between Atalanta and Juventus has widened and that his side are not "at the level of Inter" either.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the game between the two sides tomorrow, Gasperini disagreed Atalanta's recent exploits had moved them any closer to Juve.

"Atalanta have been at the top end of the League for a few years now, but we're not at the level of Juve and Inter," explained the coach.

"They [Juve] could add [Gonzalo] Higuain, [Aaron] Ramsey and [Adrien] Rabiot to their squad during the summer, which is no small thing."

La Dea will be without Duvan Zapata and Josip Ilicic against the Serie A leaders, but Luis Muriel makes the squad.

They are the League's top scorers and Juve have the meanest defence, so how does the 61-year-old see the match going?

"Luis only came back on Thursday after a long journey. He is a little tired.

"We have a tendency to score against even the best teams, it's what has allowed us to achieve some big results."