" Let's start again from here ." Thus begins the Instagram post with which Stefano Tacconi's son , Andrea, announces his father's return home , a year and a half after the devastating stroke that struck the footballer, causing fear for his life.

«We've been through a lot, the road is still long – explains Andrea in the post – and it hasn't been easy but hope has always been with us , giving us the strength day after day to continue fighting together».
«To date – the conclusion – you are saving the most difficult penalty of your life and we will agree with you».

The former Juventus and national team goalkeeper suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on 23 April 2022 during a charity event. In March 2023 he left the hospital in Alessandria and was entrusted for recovery to the Don Gnocchi institute in Milan.

Since last June 21st Tacconi had been transferred to the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza in San Giovanni Rotondo.

Before leaving, in the company of his wife Laura and son Andrea - they report from the hospital founded by San Pio - Tacconi met all the operators of the Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine unit, greeting doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and healthcare personnel.

« Stefano is a strong man - explained the head doctor Domenico Intiso - he faced the rehabilitation process with such tenacity. He was a stimulus and an example for others and the results were visible." «He always welcomed the fact that many people approached him for photos with him or to have a chat - underlined Michele Gravina , physiatrist, who got to know him in recent months - This human side of his has continued to improve over the years. time. I joked a lot with him about our different football faiths. He always told me with a smile: 'For me, being a Juventus player, an Inter doctor should have happened to me'."

Laura Speranza , Stefano's wife, thanked the entire Casa Sollievo hospital . «I thank everyone, the doctors, the physiotherapists, the nurses, the socio-health workers and the religious who have always been close to us. Stefano will return home to Milan where he will continue his rehabilitation. But he comes back with a great emotional and physical charge. In San Giovanni Rotondo we truly found a world of emotions, of help, of strength . Both on the part of science and on the part of faith, with Padre Pio, to whom, as you know, we have always been very devoted. Let's return to Milan with all this in our hearts and minds."

(Unioneonline/vl)

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