Atalanta manager, Gian Piero Gasperini has revealed the reason behind his decision to substitute Ademola Lookman in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League clash with Celtic.
The gaffer said Lookman wasn’t fully fit since resuming from the International break and had to be taken off.
“I tried to make a change with the substitutions, bringing in fresh players like Samardzic and Cuadrado, but it wasn’t easy,” the Italian was quoted by SOS FANTA.
“We perhaps overdid it with the crosses in the first half and weren’t precise enough in finishing. Retegui and Lookman, for example, gave a lot, but they were coming from games with their respective national teams and it’s not easy to always maintain the same intensity.”
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