BERGAMO – “There will certainly be great expectations of being able to meet the team with an open bus in the city. I am at the company’s disposal”. The mayor of Bergamo, George Goriwas a guest on RTL 102.5 in “Non Stop News” to comment on Atalanta’s historic victory in the Europa League. “It was an immense joy, for those in Dublin, for those in the square in Bergamo and for all the fans. Something like this was beyond all dreams and hopes – he admits –. The city is experiencing a moment of grace thanks to this team. It’s not an episode that comes out of nowhere. It’s been eight years since Gian Piero Gasperini sat on the Atalanta bench, a model of club always well managed by the Percassi family has also become a successful model which has allowed us to go to Europe numerous times, up to the incredible result of last night”. For Gori”this victory counts a lot for everything that has happened. Four years ago, Bergamo found itself at the center of a dramatic situation that made it sadly known throughout the world because this was the epicenter of the pandemic, the place where the virus struck with the greatest violence“.
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Meanwhile, the Atalanta players’ charter flight from Dublin should land at Orio al Serio airport at 1.45pm, then the bus will leave from the northern gate in Seriate. “Today – continues the mayor – we are once again known in the world’s news for a joyful and positive episode that relaunches our city. In the midst of this there has been an extraordinary recovery due to the strength of citizens and businesses. In all of this, the ‘Atalanta is a bit like the flag of this city’. As for it stadium, “We’re in the final stages – Gori says –. I finish being mayor in 15 days, so I won’t be the one cutting the ribbon, but the satisfaction of seeing this facility completed at the level of the club that Atalanta has become in the meantime repays me for the effort of the administrative process. By the start of next season, the south curve will also be complete”.
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