The Argentine steering wheel Alejandro “Papu” Gómez He admitted that the game his team, Atalanta of Italy, played in Milan against Spanish Valencia in the knockout stages of the Champions League was “a bomb that helped the virus spread” in Europe.
“I heard that the virus had been around since December. Here the first patient appeared in February. I think our Champions League match was a bomb that helped the virus spread“Gomez admitted today in a note with Province Radio.
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The party to which the ex-flyer of Arsenal and San Lorenzo referred is the one his team beat Valencia 4-1 in Milan on February 19. 45,000 people moved to the San Siro stadium, the scene of the meeting, from Bergamo, a city of Atalanta and which has 120,000 inhabitants, and also 2,500 Spanish fans.
The change of scenery was decided by UEFA since the Atalanta stadium does not meet the requirements for the continental cups.
When the covid-19 cases began to explode both in Italy (especially in the northern region, where Bergamo is located) and in Spain, different specialists pointed to the party as a “biological bomb”.
“It was mid-February and nobody knew what was going on,” Bergamo Mayor Giorgio Gori said at the time.
The rematch, in which Atalanta won 4 to 3, it was played at the Valencia stadium and already behind closed doors. The coronavirus pandemic then forced the suspension, also, of the Champions League.
Regarding the wait for the resumption of activity, the “Papu” pointed out: “The worst thing of all is the intrigue that gives you not knowing anything and that nobody can tell you what will happen. We are waiting for you to tell us when we can start to train, there is talk of 18. But the decision is very difficult. “
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