The mayor of Bergamo considers the Champions League match between Atalanta and Valencia in February to be a key to the spread of the coronavirus.
The Champions League match between Atalanta Bergamo and FC Valencia (4-1) on 19 February continues to make waves as a possible catalyst for the corona pandemic in Northern Italy and Spain.
The Mayor of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori, firmly believes that the match has contributed to the spread of the epidemic in his province, Bergamo being the most affected by the disease in Italy.
Mayor of Bergamo: “Biological bomb”
The politician described the meeting in the top class as a “biological bomb”. “At the time, we didn’t know the virus had spread in Lombardy. Not only could many of the 44,000 spectators in San Siro have become infected. Many fans gathered in Bergamo in pubs, or in their homes to watch the game on TV, this could have contributed to the further spread of the pandemic,” Gori stressed.
In parallel with the match at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, there were numerous public viewing events in pubs and restaurants in Bergamo with hundreds of participants.
Fans drank from the same bottle
Now that the Italian first division team from Bergamo has reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus, there is growing concern that more players could fall ill with COVID-19. Robin Gosens’ team-mate Alejandro Gomez also suggested that the Champions League match may have played a major role in the spread of the epidemic.
“The San Siro game was attended by 44,000 of Bergamo’s 120,000 inhabitants.
When we went to Valencia, there were no controls. Today Spain is one of the EU countries with the most infections,” Gomez told Sky in an interview.
Sports journalists who had followed the match in Milan reported metro trains full of fans of both clubs that day. Many Tifosi had drunk from the same bottle of beer.
The possibility that the virus had thus spread extremely strongly was great.
The number of coronavirus victims in Italy has now risen to 6820. There are a total of 54,303 people infected. Italy is the country most affected by the corona pandemic worldwide.The mayor of Bergamo considers the Champions League match between Atalanta and Valencia in February to be a key to the spread of the coronavirus.
The Champions League match between Atalanta Bergamo and FC Valencia (4-1) on 19 February continues to make waves as a possible catalyst for the corona pandemic in Northern Italy and Spain.
The Mayor of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori, firmly believes that the match has contributed to the spread of the epidemic in his province, Bergamo being the most affected by the disease in Italy.
Mayor of Bergamo: “Biological bomb”
The politician described the meeting in the top class as a “biological bomb”. “At the time, we didn’t know the virus had spread in Lombardy. Not only could many of the 44,000 spectators in San Siro have become infected. Many fans gathered in Bergamo in pubs, or in their homes to watch the game on TV, this could have contributed to the further spread of the pandemic,” Gori stressed.
In parallel with the match at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, there were numerous public viewing events in pubs and restaurants in Bergamo with hundreds of participants.
Fans drank from the same bottle
Now that the Italian first division team from Bergamo has reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus, there is growing concern that more players could fall ill with COVID-19. Robin Gosens’ team-mate Alejandro Gomez also suggested that the Champions League match may have played a major role in the spread of the epidemic.
“The San Siro game was attended by 44,000 of Bergamo’s 120,000 inhabitants.
When we went to Valencia, there were no controls. Today Spain is one of the EU countries with the most infections,” Gomez told Sky in an interview.
Sports journalists who had followed the match in Milan reported metro trains full of fans of both clubs that day. Many Tifosi had drunk from the same bottle of beer.
The possibility that the virus had thus spread extremely strongly was great.
The number of coronavirus victims in Italy has now risen to 6820. There are a total of 54,303 people infected. Italy is the country most affected by the corona pandemic worldwide.
