It opens today at 2pm   at the Cagliari stadium the chapel of rest for the last farewell to Gigi Riva .

Sardinia therefore chooses to pay its final farewell to the champion of the island, and of an entire country, at the Unipol Domus .

Tomorrow afternoon, however, the funeral will be held in the Basilica of Nostra Signora di Bonaria in Cagliari . The decision was made by family members, the Municipality and the Prefecture during a meeting this morning. The scheduled time is 4pm , celebrated Monsignor Giuseppe Baturi , archbishop of Cagliari and general secretary of the CEI.

TIMES – The funeral chapel will be set up in the atrium of the stadium, indoors and under the large Unipol Domus sign. It will remain open today until 10pm and tomorrow from 7am to 1pm . The barriers have already been placed by the Civil Protection to guarantee access, foreseen from the changing room area, gate B.

HOW TO ACCESS – «Fans who want to pay homage to him – specifies a note from Cagliari Calcio – will be able to go to the stadium by arriving from the Curva Nord side of the Main Stand with entrance from the Changing Rooms Gate . The outflow will take place towards the Curva Sud . We recommend parking your cars in the areas near the Curva Nord and the Cuore car park ."

The body , dressed in the blue tracksuit of the national team of the 1960s , will soon leave Brotzu in the direction of Unipol Domus. About a hundred people are already lined up at the stadium waiting for the coffin .

THE MOURNING – In the meantime , the municipal administration of Cagliari has proclaimed , starting from today and until the date of the funeral scheduled for tomorrow, a citizen's mourning . The municipality invites people to express their participation in the mourning by «suspension of activities during the celebration of the funeral or, in case of impossibility, in the form deemed most appropriate to express adherence to the mourning».

Flags at half-mast in municipal offices and in all public buildings . The regional flag will also be displayed at half-mast, as declared by President Solinas, due to a mourning that involves the entire Region .

THE TRIBUTE OF THE CHAMPIONS – This morning there was great emotion upon the arrival of the champions of the historic 1969/70 championship in the Brotzu mortuary . Present were his teammates who live in Cagliari, the libero Giuseppe Tomasini , the goalkeeper Adriano Reginato and the number 10, Ricciotti Greatti . With them also Renato Copparoni , among the youth and first team in the year of the scudetto and then Riva's teammate until 1976. There is also Gigi Piras , a pupil of Riva, also a teammate of Rombo di Tuono until 1976. year of retirement.

Also at Brotzu was the director Riccardo Milani , author of the docufilm which involved Riva himself in the making of the work.

(Unioneonline)

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