Atalanta: the Curva Nord broke up, that’s why it ended like this. Now we are looking for a ‘new Bocia’ | A league

It is the end of an era: after 23 years, the experience of the Curva Nord under the banner of the Atalanta Supporters is over. The management has been dissolved, it is now official. No more choirs, choreographies and banners in the stadiums of Italy and Europe. But perhaps, it is more correct to say that a great piece of heart the North had already lost when its historical leader, Claudio Galimberti – better known as ‘il Bocia’ – over three years ago he had to abandon the Nerazzurri ship (to move to the Marche) due to the myriad of Daspo and prohibitions he had stumbled upon. Head and heart, however, have always remained in Viale Giulio Cesare, under the North, so much so that it was up to him to resolve the first fracture of the Atalanta Supporters: not everyone agreed, during the first half of the Champions League match against Dinamo Zagreb at San Siro on November 26, 2019, to for 45 ‘the typhus strike to protest against a new burst of Daspo.

A climax of discontent outside the court which reached its peak in Atalanta’s most beautiful years on the pitch, three times in a row in the Champions League: first the refusal of the fan card, which precipitated the presence of away fans, then the problematic management of tickets for race in Valencia, finally iThe hole left two weeks ago in the center of the North due to pandemic limitations under the motto of ‘all or none’, which, however, did not make everyone agree. The climax was reached with the banner that appeared outside Zingonia at the end of July (“Season tickets, friendlies, market, Percassi make no mistake, there is a city to respect “, signed by ‘Animal Kingdom’), the result of an action by a few, similar to a mutiny because not agreed with the board.

But amidst tensions – someone in the meantime has moved in South curve– and debates, for twenty-three years the legendary group has dragged the EuroDea into the stadiums and airports of Europe. Now you want to start over, you look for a new leader, a new ‘Bocia’, which in the meantime has received another 8-year-old Daspo for having violated the previous restriction by meeting the twins from Terni before the match against Bari. Covo di Campagnola which closed its doors and put an end to the soul of the North.

What will become of banners and choreography with the first match in the Champions League against Villarreal just around the corner? On Monday, on the eve of Europe, we will find out more thanks to the official press release. Which will also lay the foundations for a new board. For a new North.

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