Vialli: “I'm afraid of dying. The illness? Not just suffering, it's also an opportunity "

"I'm afraid of dying, huh. I don't know when the light goes out what will be on the other side. But in a way I'm also excited to find out."

Gianluca Vialli returns to talk about his illness with Alessandro Cattelan in “A simple question”, a docu-show that will soon be broadcast on Netflix whose contents have been partly anticipated by the weekly Oggi.

"But - adds the champion - I also realize that the concept of death is used to understand and appreciate life. The anxiety of not being able to complete all the things I want to do, the fact of being super excited by all the projects that I have is something that I feel very lucky for. "

The illness? For the former striker it is not only suffering. "There are beautiful moments," he says.

Because "life, and I didn't say it but I fully share it, is made up of 20 per cent of what happens to you and the remaining 80 per cent of how you react to what happens to you. And illness can teach you. a lot of how you are made can also be an opportunity ".

But "not to the point of being grateful for cancer," he says.

(Unioneonline / L)