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Another legend goes: Italian Gianluca Vialli dies

Published:6/01/2023 - 16:04h

Updated:6/01/2023 - 16:04h

Italian football lost one of its most beloved former players of recent times. The death of Gianluca Vialli was confirmed on Friday by the Football Federation of his country.

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The exjugador Gianluca Vialli died this Friday to the 58 years in a hospital of London by a cancer of pancreas that suffered from did five years. This fight already habia forced to the Italian to leave his charge of boss of the delegation of the Italian selection of football the past 14 December, with the one who was in the past Eurocopa.

The Italian Federation of football (FIGC) confirmed in a communiqué his death and summoned a minute of silence in sign of mouring to the start of all the parties of the next weekend. Besides, the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, expressed his "deep" pain. "I expected until the last moment that attained to fulfil another miracle, me conforta the certainty that what has done by the Italian football and the blue T-shirt will not be never forgotten", ensured.

"Gianluca was a splendid person and leaves an empty that will not be able to fill, so much in the selection as in all those that appreciated his extraordinary human quality", aimed. Also they added other political authorities like the minister of Infrastructures and vice-president of the Government, Matteo Salvini, or the ex prime minister, Matteo Renzi.

Been born in Cremona, Vialli was one of the most important names of the calcium in the decade of the ninety. Leading centre during his career like player, began in the Cremonese in 1980 and after four seasons fichó by the Sampdoria (1984), team in which it coincided with the current seleccionador Italian, Roberto Mancini.

A big career

During this stage won his only title of league (1991) and the only that has the club genovés in his list of winners. Also it could add three Glasses of Italy (1985, 88 and 89) and a Supercopa of Italy (1991). Afterwards it would go through the Juventus by four seasons where would win a League of Champions in 1996 and in this moment would happen to Chelsea, where put an end him to his career like footballer.

In 2019, and of the hand of his fellow Roberto Mancini, was appointed boss of the delegation of the Italian Selection with which two years later raised the Euro. During this tournament Vialli turned into a species of amulet. In fact it knew that in the second day of the championship the bus went out by error of the hotel without him and had to give the turn to collect him. The positive result in front of Switzerland this night did that the failure turned into a ritual that repeated in the rest of parties (Wales, Austria, Belgium, Spain and England) until topping champions.

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