The wave of affection arriving from all over Italy for Gigi Riva does not stop. There are those who have thought of paying homage to the champion by writing some verses.

Even from "his" Lombardy, where a well-known Milanese cardiologist, Francesco Fiorista, re-proposed one of his compositions dating back to 2013:

«Profile of a Roman consul,

Slim physique that seems sculpted:

A devastating and deadly left,

The boldness of an enraged lion

And no one was like you in mind.

Fouls don't stop you, not hands;

Overwhelm your opponents with fury

Like Achilles in the Trojan camp

If you get close to the penalty area.

You broke your muscles and bones

But you rose stronger than before,

The others were hills, you were a peak

Impressive and scary:

Like the roar of thunder that explodes

Suddenly in the dark night."

Not the only poem received by our editorial staff in honor of Gigi Riva: Vittorio Zucca, a primary school teacher originally from Narbolia, also wrote a sonnet after the passing of the Myth:

Today Sardinia has lost its myth

which made her famous far and wide.

The people are incredulous, and the courage

it disappears where the pain is most felt.

He left Leggiuno a long time ago:

choosing Cagliari for life was very wise.

It was a citizen who a message

he gave everyone as a "champion of life".

By dying he lost the last game

“Roll of Thunder”, yes modest and serious

deserves the utmost respect.

Cagliari has to fulfill the wish

that Gigi kept locked in his chest:

leave his remains in his ancestral “La Bonaria”.

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