Mancini fired his ‘brother’ Vialli

The Italian soccer team Roberto Manciniwas pronounced this Saturday for the death of Gianluca Vialli, died this Friday at the age of 58 in a London hospital due to pancreatic cancer that he had suffered for five years, and assured that he had lost “a brother” and that he was still waiting for “a miracle.”

“It is a great loss, for me, for his family in the first place and for all Italian football. I have lost a brother, I expect a miracle,” he said. Mancini the day after the death of his “twin” Vialli In an interview conducted and disseminated by Italian Football Federation (FIGC).

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Viallione of the most important football players, leader and coach of “calcio” in the nineties, He had to leave his position as head of the Italian team delegation on December 14 due to illness.

“We met, we talked, we joked, he was always in a good mood and that lifted my spirits a bit,” said the Azzurri coach. “Our relationship is one of great respect, love, friendship. Luca is joy and should be remembered as such,” he added Mancini. The FIGC has called a minute’s silence as a mark of mourning at the start of all weekend matches.

Born in Cremona (north), Viallicenter forward, his career began in Cremonese in 1980 and after four seasons he signed for the Sampdoria (1984), team where he was with Manciniwhere he made friends that transcended the field of play and made history by winning the only ‘shield‘ (1991) which the Genoese club values ​​in its record, three Italian Cups (1985, 88 and 89) and an Italian Super Cup (1991).

In 2019 he found his friend again Roberto Manciniwhen he was appointed head of the Italian team delegation where two years later raised la Eurocup in 2020. The hug between the two at the end of the final and when they both learned about the disease was one of the most exciting moments in Italian football in recent years.