lisbon gian piero gasperini revealed his deep disappointment after his atalanta side had what would have been a glorious champions league victory against paris saintgermain snatched from them in the final seconds on wednesdaythe serie a side were leading the quarterfinal 10 heading into the final minute in lisbon but were dumped out of the competition in brutal fashion thanks to last gasp goals from marquinhos and eric choupomotingi must say that there is great regret we came very close it was very close it looked as it we could do it pull off a great achievement gasperini said to sky sportwe can take satisfaction from the experience our champions league growth it looked as if we had done itwednesdays defeat was the cruellest way to end what has nonetheless been another remarkable season for the side from bergamo one of the worsthit cities during the coronavirus pandemictraditionally an alsoran atalanta finished third in serie a for the second season in a row and enchanted fans across europe with flamboyant football that led to them scoring 98 times in the italian top flighthowever once kylian mbappe was introduced in the second half psg began to turn the screw and atalanta eventually gave waymbappes coming into the game combined with the presence of neymar changed things for psg gasperini told reporters in the postmatch press conferencehis entry gave an energy to psg who were losing the match it was fundamental because of what he brought to the gamethe equaliser above all leaves us with some bitterness but psg has a good chance of reaching the final