BOLOGNA – “We’re leaving, we’re leaving, we’re leaving in the Champions League”. In a crowded Piazza Maggiore there is delirium for the celebration of the Bologna Fc 1909 footballers strong>, arrived on the open-top bus that left from the Dall’Ara stadium after receiving the golden Neptune from the mayor Matteo Lepore.
More than 20,000 people filled the square, waiting for the team amidst smoke bombs and fireworks. Choirs and enthusiasm skyrocketed for the ‘heroes of the Champions League’, who circled the square to stop right in front of Palazzo D’accursio, amid general delirium. One by one, the names of the players are called by the speaker, with the square shouting each one’s surname, singing all the dedicated choruses. The party continues, on an evening that the city and the players themselves are unlikely to easily forget.