Atalanta CEO on bad blood with Borussia Dortmund: ‘We had to go hungry’

Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi jokes that he and his colleagues ‘had to go hungry’ after Borussia Dortmund decided against attending a customary lunch before Wednesday evening’s Champions League play-off decider between the two teams. 

Before Champions League matches, it is tradition for the directors of the respective clubs to sit down over a lunch on the day of the game. 

This has not happened for either of the play-off matches between Atalanta and Dortmund, however, as there is still...