{"id":831176,"date":"2025-03-03T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/everything-gasperini-said-about-lookman-after-wasteful-display-vs-venezia\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:12:07","slug":"everything-gasperini-said-about-lookman-after-wasteful-display-vs-venezia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/everything-gasperini-said-about-lookman-after-wasteful-display-vs-venezia\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Gasperini said about Lookman after wasteful display vs Venezia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Atalanta manager, Gian Piero Gasperini, shared his thoughts on Ademola Lookman\u2019s performance following their draw against Venezia at the Gewiss Stadium, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian attacker, who had turned his coach\u2019s criticism to success in Atalanta\u2019s last clash with a brace, could not pick up from where he left off when they played host to Venezia.<\/p>\n<p>With that, Lookman, endured a frustrating night as Atalanta were held to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Atalanta_BC\/status\/1895865351361216685\" target=\"_blank\">disappointing 0-0 draw<\/a>, having missed key chances that could have secured a vital win in their Serie A title pursuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FULL TIME | Termina in pareggio.<\/p>\n<p>It finishes all square.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acqua_Lete?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@acqua_lete<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AtalantaVenezia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AtalantaVenezia<\/a> 0-0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoAtalantaGo?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#GoAtalantaGo<\/a> \u26ab\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MefuZOky3Y\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/MefuZOky3Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atalanta_BC\/status\/1895865351361216685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Super Eagles forward was involved in several dangerous attacks but failed to convert his opportunities, with his biggest miss coming in the 83rd minute when he fired over the bar from close range after Sead Kolasinac\u2019s flicked header found him unmarked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151484\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/lookman-atalanta-empoli.html\/empoli-vs-atalanta-serie-a-enilive-2024-2025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-151484\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1059206339-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Ademola Lookman in action for Atalanta\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2130\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151484\">Ademola Olajade Lookman celebrates after scoring the goal of 0-3 during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Atalanta [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a title=\"WATCH: Lookman unlucky, misses late chance as Atalanta held to costly Venezia draw in Serie A title race\" href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/lookman-atalanta-venezia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: Lookman unlucky, misses late chance as Atalanta held to costly Venezia draw in Serie A title race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite Lookman\u2019s wasteful display, Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini revealed the Nigerian\u2019s importance to the team while acknowledging the side\u2019s lack of precision in front of the goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLookman is and always remains our most lively player,\u201d Gasperini said as cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportitalia.it\/2025\/03\/01\/gasperini-post-atalanta-venezia-0-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by SportItalia<\/a>. \u201cHe had multiple chances and found himself in dangerous positions several times, but unfortunately, we weren\u2019t sharp enough to finish them off. Retegui also had opportunities, but at the moment, we are less precise.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151137\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/atalanta-lookman-gasperini-2.html\/screenshot_20250220_081905_chrome\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-151137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot_20250220_081905_Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Nigeria and Atalanta star Ademola Lookman with manager Gian Piero Gasperini during the good times. Photo Credit X\" width=\"663\" height=\"435\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151137\">Nigeria and Atalanta star Ademola Lookman with manager Gian Piero Gasperini during the good times. Photo Credit X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Atalanta losing ground in the title race, Gasperini will be hoping Lookman regains his clinical edge in their upcoming fixtures.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/gasperini-lookman-venezia.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Atalanta manager, Gian Piero Gasperini, shared his thoughts on Ademola Lookman\u2019s performance following their draw against Venezia at the Gewiss Stadium, Soccernet.ng reports.\u00a0 The Nigerian attacker, who had turned his coach\u2019s criticism to success in Atalanta\u2019s last clash with a brace, could not pick up from where he left off when they played host [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":831177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1272,141853,2005],"tags":[7839,141852],"class_list":{"0":"post-831176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-everything","8":"category-gasperini","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-everything","11":"tag-gasperini"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}