Sunday, October 23, 2022
Artemio Franchi Stadium, Florence
Halftime - Away Dressing Room
The away dressing room was controlled but tense as players sat on benches with water bottles in hand and sweat cooling on their skin, and the noise from outside—fifty-five thousand Fiorentina supporters celebrating their lead—filtered through the walls in muffled waves while Atalanta's squad processed the first forty-five minutes in relative silence.
Gasperini stood near the tactical board without touching it yet, and he waited while the noise outside gradually died down and his players finished their immediate recovery routines—towels wiped across faces, boots retied, shin guards adjusted—and when the room finally settled into focused quiet he began speaking.
