Stromberg looks like an ordinary fan with the Atalanta shirt and limitless celebration: the former idol of the fans could not contain his joy for the Goddess’ feat.
L’Atalanta he signed a huge undertaking that emotionally involved thousands of people, including some special fans. This is the case of Glenn Stromberg who, after entering Atalanta’s history as a player, transformed into the most avid fan following them from afar, with the same passion of the past and the unmistakable blond hair that still distinguishes him from everyone today.
Long gone are the times when the Swede took to the field wearing the Dea shirt, a team that remained in his heart forever. For this reason during the Europa League match against Bayer Leverkusen he took his Nerazzurri uniform out of the wardrobe and suffered on the sofa for 90 minutes like all the other fans. Pure passion for those colours, resulting in a liberating scream at the moment of the final whistle: on his profile X Stromberg documented the great European night experienced within the walls of his homeletting himself go to the uncontainable joy at the moment in which Atalanta wrote history.
With his wild celebrations he seems to be a little boy again. While Atalanta celebrated their great success on the pitch, Stromberg was filmed by some of his loved ones while he was going crazy with joy: jumping, running and exulting without limits on the sofa at home, almost as if he were at the stadium following the Goddess together with all the other fans. A huge gesture of love from the former player who has never detached the cord that binds him to the team.
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Stromberg and his love for Atalanta
It is no mystery that the Swede follows Gasperini’s team very closely, even many years after saying his farewell to football. Stromberg wore the Atalanta shirt from 1984 to 1992 immediately establishing a symbiotic bond with the city and all its inhabitants. In the eight years he spent at Dea he also tasted the disappointment of relegation to Serie B and the bitterness of elimination in the semi-finals of the Cup Winners’ Cup.
Despite everything he wrote the history of the team becoming the idol of all the fans, transforming into a character so beloved that he is fondly remembered even over thirty years later. And Atalanta gave him a special love for Italy, so much so that after his retirement Stromberg chose to stay in our country, remaining forever attached to his former team.
