"You gave me a crazy gift": Gian Piero Gasperini, the Atalanta coach who has returned home to Grugliasco, is excited.
The coach of the Orobici has in fact become mayor for one day of the municipality on the outskirts of Turin, his birthplace.
"Everything happened to me, not wearing the tricolor sash - he adds, during the meeting at the '66 martyrs' comprehensive institute - and it is a great pride for me: Grugliasco means home to me, my whole family lives here and when I can I always come back to this city".
Finally, a joke: "It's much better to be a coach than the mayor" says Gasperini to the laughter and applause of the many kids present at the event in the school auditorium.