Lombard derby between Atalanta-Brescia has seen it all: the Crusades, pigs, Sherman tanks

Atalanta fans hold up banners in 2004 to taunt then Brescia manager Carlo Mazzone. Before Manchester City played Atalanta in October, Pep Guardiola was asked whether the game, apparently innocuous and unprecedented, had personal significance to him. "It's like an Italian derby for you," the reporter pointed out. A former Brescia player, Guardiola is more aware than most that there is no love lost between his old club, and his Champions League opponents that night. City's 5-1 win was celebrated in Brescia as if it were one of their own and, as such, he won't have to worry about...

from ESPN FC - Italian Serie A News https://ift.tt/2L52vj0

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