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Atalanta Coach Antonio Conte wants his team to obtain their first win of the season as they prepare to face Udinese this weekend at the Friuli stadium, in the eighth matchday of the Italian top flight.

Conte is optimistic because the team has been working well in the last couple of weeks and he believes that things are heading in the right direction on the training ground.

“We must not make any calculations, we must only win and that’s all,” declared the former Juventus player to Il Friuli.

“We’re following the schedule we had prepared. We just started a part of the work, we’re still behind and we must work hard.”

Conte also defended his striker Robert Acquafresca, who has not yet found the net this season.

“When you don’t score, it’s difficult,” added Conte

“However, differently from when he was at Cagliari where he used to work on his own, here Robert will learn to move closer to other attackers.”

Atalanta are bottom of the Serie A table after seven matchdays with only three points to their name. Conte knows that a win this weekend would be the perfect way to kick-start the season.

Glenn Debattista, Goal