Gianpiero Gasperini, Atalanta coach, says he was infected before the Champions League match
The tie between Valencia and Atalanta keep giving talk. The first leg, played in Milan with the public, is associated with the great expansion of the coronavirus in Italy, with a high rate of contagion both in the Lomabrdia region and in Bergamo, where the Italian team is.
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However, the penultimate chapter of this story now comes in a very tough confession from the Atalanta coach, Gianpero Gasperini at the Gazzeta dello Sport. “I had the coronavirus. I felt bad before Valencia, the day of the return match (March 10) it was even worse. No fever, but it was a disaster. They never did PCR, although the serological confirmed that I had the disease” .
“The day before the Valencia game I was sick, the afternoon of the game worse. I did not have a good face on the bench. It was March 10. After Valencia, on the following two nights in Zingonia I slept little, I did not have a fever, but I felt the bones in pieces and outside it seemed to be at the time of the war: every two minutes an ambulance passed by with sirens explained. He had lost his taste, but did not know he had the virus. So, the serological tests taken a couple of years ago. weeks confirmed: I had the COVID-19 “.
Despite everything, Gasperini assures that the return of football, always with security, is the best remedy to overcome this nightmare. “Some people think that going back to the field is immoral after what has happened and at the risk of it happening again. But it is the only way to get back to normal. The pain suffered by Bergamo will allow Atalanta to help the city, respecting everyone’s pain. I don’t like two things about rebooting: playing without fans and the five substitutions “.
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