Olaleye Idowu
Atalanta manager, Gian Piero Gasperini has blasted Ademola Lookman for stepping up to take a penalty in the club’s UEFA Champions League play-off tie against Club Brugge.
Gasperini said Lookman is one of the worst penalty-takers he has ever seen.
Atalanta fell 3-1 to Club Brugge in the second leg of their play-off tie at the Gewiss Stadium on Tuesday night.
La Dea exited the competition 5-2 on aggregate.
Club Brugge stunned the hosts with three goals in the first half.
Lookman was introduced after the break and immediately reduced the deficit for Atalanta.
The Nigeria international, however, killed any hope of a fightback by missing a penalty in the 62nd minute.
“Lookman was not supposed to take that penalty, he is one of the worst penalty takers I’ve ever seen,” Gasperini said after the game.
“He has a frankly terrible record even in training, he converts very few of them. Retegui and De Ketelaere were there, but Lookman in a moment of enthusiasm after scoring decided to take the ball and that was a gesture I did not appreciate at all.”
