"I dedicate this award to the city of Bergamo": thus the Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini who today received his second consecutive 'Golden Bench', the award given to the best Serie A coach. This year, due to covid , for the first time no public ceremony in Coverciano;
moreover, the vote was expressed online by the technicians of the top football league.
The award was presented to Gasperini by the president of the technical sector of the FIGC Demetrio Albertini, who went to Zigonia, the headquarters of Atalanta.
Albertini then called the other winners one by one, who will receive the trophy as soon as the situation allows.
The best coach of Serie B was Pippo Inzaghi, Benevento coach;
for Serie C, Massimo Alvini of Reggiana, and for the women's championships Giampiero Piovani of Sassuolo.
"This Golden Bench - said Gasperini - I dedicate it to all of Bergamo, to the staff and to the players: to everyone, because it is truly a team victory. Compared to last year it is different, because every season has its peculiarities and this award has managed to give continuity to the one won previously. Obtaining it was even more difficult and perhaps, precisely for this reason, this Golden Bench is even more beautiful ".
Federal President Gabriele Gravina said that "despite the pandemic, the beautiful tradition of the Golden Bench has been renewed; even with the electronic vote, the participation of the coaches has been extraordinary. The FIGC believes in the development of the Technical Sector, which represents a of our excellence, with new tools and new training methods already launched and others that we are studying Covid has created many problems, but education has never stopped and the technical updating has been continuous and of great quality. Congratulations to the winners: a prestigious award that, in an extraordinary situation like the one we are experiencing, I feel I can extend to the whole category ".