When Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini was struggling with the CCP virus in mid-March, the prospect of entering Bergamo’s hospital— which was overflowing with COVID-19 patients at the time—made him fear for his life.
“Every two minutes an ambulance passed by. … It seemed like a war,” Gasperini said. “At night, I would think, ‘If go in there (the hospital), what will happen to me?’”
