The hug with his "twin" Mancini had become the cover of Italy's feat at Euro 2020. The bonds beyond the teams, the man beyond the footballer. Gianluca Vialli had chosen to live on the pitch (football, but not only) until his ninetieth birthday, until his illness allowed him to do so. On January 5, 2023, exactly one year ago, he died in London (although the news was made known a day later) after long suffering from pancreatic cancer. “He was aware that the end was approaching,” his brother Nino told Corriere della Sera. «He was waiting for it impatiently, he wanted to stop suffering, to stop fighting. It wasn't like him, but the illness had lasted too long."

Twelve months later, the world of football remembers him. Starting from Juventus , with whom - as captain - he lifted the Champions League as captain.

And then Sampdoria who made him great. The '91 championship remains the last great feat of a "provincial" team in our championship.

First, however, "his" Cremonese (it is in the Lombard town that he was born in 1964). It was with the Grigiorossi that Vialli made his professional debut, before his debut in Serie A with Sampdoria.

A champion, forever, as in the post dedicated to him by Serie A.

(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)

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