Ademola Lookman will lead Atalanta to the San Siro stadium later tonight to face Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan.
Ademola Lookman will be a focal point when Inter Milan and Atalanta meet in the Coppa Italia quarterfinals.
The highly anticipated match is set to begin at 21:00, with the winner progressing to the semi-finals.
Lookman is expected to keep up his goal-scoring form against a star-studded Inter Milan team that is currently second in the league table.
Previously, the 25-year-old Nigerian international, who joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig last summer, had scored 14 goals and provided four assists in 20 appearances across all competitions.
Lookman has two goals in just one game in the Italian Cup, while in the league, he has 12 goals in 19 games, two goals behind his countryman, Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, who is currently the league’s top scorer.
Based on his current form, Lookman’s fate in the Coppa Italia is in his hands, which means he can’t afford to have a bad game tonight.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini stated on Monday, ahead of his team’s Coppa Italia quarter-final match against Inter Milan:
Lookman had an extraordinary performance for Atalanta this season and we hope he continues tomorrow (Tuesday) against Inter.
He has played right away since he arrived and he was always involved in matches.
He immediately showed that he has the experience, and he had significant growth in clubs where they know football.
He was at Leipzig, then he played in England. There he was employed a bit distant from the goal, but I immediately realized that he had the right characteristics for what we’d been looking for for some time.
If Atalanta defeats Inter Milan tonight, they will advance to the Coppa Italia two-legged semi-finals, which will begin on April 4.