Atalanta change Champions League travel plan after Airport incident | OneFootball

A minor incident at the Orio al Serio Airport in Bergamo has forced Atalanta to change their travel plans and take off to Gelsenkirchen from Verona.

Serie A side Atalanta have been forced to change their travel plans for a Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk due to a minor incident at the Bergamo Airport on Tuesday.

As reported by Sky Sport Italia, the Nerazzurri were supposed to take off from Orio al Serio today, but they had to delay their trip and start it from a different venue.

Atalanta change Champions League travel plan after Airport incident

The Bergamo Airport, in fact, will remain closed until 17:00 local time after a plane’s tyre exploded this morning during landing. The flight was from Barcelona, and luckily, the incident did not affect passengers.

However, it damaged the runaway, forcing Atalanta to change their plans and make an extra 116 km trip to Verona to take a flight to Gelsenkirchen at 16:30 local time.

There were issues on the pitch as well as Atalanta wing-back Matteo Ruggeri sustained a minor knee injury and won’t be available for the Shakhtar game on Wednesday.