Roberto D’Aversa, the coach of Lecce, held a press conference following the match against Atalanta. His comments were reported by the Italian football news outlet tmw.
D’Aversa acknowledged that his team was experiencing difficulties but praised them for their performance against a high-quality team. “We were in crisis but the boys put in an excellent performance against a team of quality and physicality,” he said.
He expressed disappointment with missed goal opportunities that could have bolstered their performance. He inferred that not leveraging these opportunities somewhat diminished the team’s performance.
However, given the challenging match against Atalanta, D’Aversa emphasised the commendable efforts made by his team.