Atalanta Paid High Price For Mistaken Lookman Substitution

Atalanta Paid High Price For Mistaken Lookman Substitution

Ibrahim Lateef

Gian Piero Gasperini has confirmed that Atalanta paid a high price for getting off Super Eagles striker Ademola Lookman mistakenly in the home loss against Lazio on Sunday, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

The Nigeruan had been replaced due to a misunderstanding against Lazio but insists his Atalanta side can still turn things around in the last seven games of the season.

La Dea suffered a narrow loss. In the second half, star striker Lookman was mistakenly subbed off, causing confusion. “There was a mistake. Only Retegui was subbed to come off,” Gasp told DAZN after the game.

 “Unfortunately, there was a misunderstanding between ‘Ede’ [Ederson] and ‘Ade’ [Lookman] and we paid a high price for it."

The Atalanta team manager misunderstood Gasp’s instructions, replacing the Nigerian forward instead of the Brazilian midfielder.