Ilicic and Gomez celebrate the qualification of Atalanta in the Champions League. Photo ANSA / PAOLO MAGNI
MILAN – Bureaucratic details remain to be fixed but Atalanta, according to ANSA, will play the next edition of the Champions League at San Siro. After having received the yes from the Municipal Administration of Milan and Inter, today the approval of Milan has arrived. Atalanta's request had arrived in recent days because the Bergamo stadium, currently under renovation, is not in accordance with the rules of the UEFA.
The Milan statement.
"We confirm that we accept Atalanta's request to compete in the home matches of the upcoming UEFA Champions League at the San Siro stadium. Our decision was made in accordance with the positive opinion of the mayor of the city of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, and after acknowledging the strong desire to do so in the ownership of the Bergamo club. We believe that this opportunity is of benefit not only for the Bergamo team, but for all Italian football, as inspired by important values such as the sense of hospitality, respect and fair play ".
Atalanta plays the Champions League at San Siro, the protest of the Curva Nord Inter.
Inter's North Bend is against the idea of giving San Siro to the Bergamo team for the Champions League matches. "Another wicked choice. Atalanta in Milan, no thanks, "writes the organized fan group on Facebook. The threat is to show up at the stadium, in the event that Atalanta should play at the San Siro.
"From now on we invite all those who come to the North to meet in front of the Baretto on all the occasions when Atalanta really haunts our stadium with its presence for the Champions League matches – continues the North Curve – ours must be a civil defense within the limits of our right to a free attendance of a public place with the aim of calling attention to the absurdity of a choice dictated by interests and that tramples all logic ".
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Source: Blitz Quotidiano