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A few hours after the historic match against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, theAtalanta mourns the passing of an old promise from its fertile youth sector.
The Ivorian died at just 21 years old Willy Braciano Ta Bi.
The midfielder was killed by a Liver cancer which hit him in 2019.
Ta Bi was born on December 5, 1999 and was discovered by Atalanta in 2019 after having stood out with Asec Mimosas, one of the most famous teams in Ivorian football with whom he had also played in the African Champions League, despite being very young, even debuting in the senior team.
Product of the AS Adjamé kindergarten, Willy had arrived in Bergamo with the heir label of his compatriot Frank Kessie, also thanks to the same role played on the field and quite similar physical characteristics.
Champion of Italy with the Spring of Massimo Brambilla in 2019, at the end of the final phase played in Parma in which the Bergamo players had first passed to Turin and then to Inter Milan in the final, in the summer of the same year he was loaned to Pescara, which was later skipped due to an ankle injury.
But fate lurked in the form of something far more terrible. A few months later, in fact, Ta Bi was diagnosed with liver cancer.
It was the beginning of a calvary This will force him first to leave football and then to return home to start a cycle of treatments that unfortunately has not given him any benefit, as well as the return to Italy wanted by Atalanta for further treatment. All useless, until the tragic and premature death.
This the condolence message from Atalanta on your own social channels: “President Antonio Percassi and the entire Atalanta family are deeply saddened by the untimely death of Willy Braciano Ta Bi. A cruel fate too soon interrupted a dream that began with the Nerazzurri jersey in January 2019. It took him a few months to play a leading role in the Primavera and help the Scudetto return to Bergamo, but above all to leave a great self – remembering . Hello Willy… “.
OMNISPORT | 02-23-2021 17:30
