"There is enormous sorrow for the death of an entrepreneur who has brought Cagliari back to its natural dimension: Serie A".

Gigi Riva speaks, shaken like all the people who knew him, by the death of Tonino Orrù: «I remember him as a great sports man who showed an attachment to the rossoblù colors in times of need, when everyone seemed to be disinterested».

Riva, in 1986, created a consortium of entrepreneurs and traders who saved the club from bankruptcy: «Then we handed over the club to Tonino Orrù and his brothers. Cagliari was in bad shape and he arrived in time of need, making himself the protagonist of an epic comeback. A loss for everyone, not just for sportsmen.

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