Rome, Jan 31 (LaPresse) – ‘Bruges? There is the awareness that we can play it, they are doing well both in Belgium and in Europe. It's a warm place that deserved to be in this group’. Atalanta's CEO Umberto Marino told Sky Sport after the outcome of the Champions League playoff draw. ‘We had a fantastic season in the Champions League, as well as in the league,’ he stressed. ’To be ninth at the end of the first phase is an amazing achievement, with a sensational goal difference. I am happy, now we face yet another opponent. The match against Barcelona was an advertisement for all Italian football,’ he said. ‘De Ketelaere? He grows from match to match, he needed to find a club to accompany him on a path, he grows from match to match, we are happy,’ he added. As for possible market intervention in defence, he said: ‘Let's see the last days. These are choices that the coach will make based on the players he has. The coach is good at surprising with new ideas and solutions, there is confidence in what the coach can do.