Hello Paolo Rossi: goodbye to a football legend. Will rest in Tuscany – Chronicle

Prato, December 11, 2020 – “He didn’t want to leave. I hugged him, he suffered a lot.” The words of Federica Cappelletti, wife of Paolo Rossi, in the last minutes of the world champion and symbol of a generation, marked a day of mourning and condolences. The day of the death of Pablito, the hero of the ’82 World Cup, an athlete who contributed decisively to the conquest of a World Cup which was a rescue for Italy. Pablito Rossi is gone and it seems almost impossible. But the silence calm and the reserve with which he lived the disease left everyone puzzled: no one expected such a sudden end for a footballer who seemed immortal.

The incurable disease

Paolo Rossi had been ill for some time. For some months he had been in and out of the hospital. He had been admitted to the hospital before crutch, in Montevarchi, in that province of Arezzo where he had lived for some time, in his farmhouse in the countryside. Then to Le Scotte hospital. It is here where he lived the last hours of his life, surrounded by the affection of his family.

Funeral

Paolo Rossi’s funeral will take place in Vicenza. Here he lived, here he played with the historian Lanerossi. A true adoptive city that now wants to pay a final tribute to the champion. The funeral will be held in the city’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 12. Ai funeral The entire 1982 national team will be there. So said one of the champions, Altobelli. “We have a talk, Paolo has not been here for a long time, I tried to put photos to stimulate him but nothing, we would have liked to be near him in the last months,” Altobelli said.

Live TV funeral but tickets reserved

For Paolo Rossi to say goodbye, the funeral home will be open tomorrow afternoon at Menti Stadium in Vicenza while the funeral will be on Saturday morning in the Duomo at 10.30 with only admitted family guests, but the celebration will be broadcast live on television starting at 10.30. This was announced on Municipality of Vicenza.

Platini’s memory

“Paolo was a great footballer, a great scorer, everyone remembers the 1982 World Cup. We played three years together. at Juventus, from 1982 to 1985, and we won everything. “He then underlined how distant he was from the world of football and how much he suffered from disqualification for of football bets: “He’s the only big name in football who has strayed so far from football, with good reason.” According to Platini because “his disqualification hurt a lot and then he also suffered a lot physically because he no longer had a meniscus. How many hours did you spend on the massage table with ice on your knee.

Pablito will rest in Tuscany

Paolo Rossi will be cremated. His ashes will rest in Tuscany, as explained by his wife Federica Cappelletti. Paolo Rossi had chosen to live in Tuscany, precisely in Valdarno Aretino, in a large farm in the countryside that was also a farmhouse and starting point for tours of the countryside. An activity that Rossi carried out with passion. Many were his VIP guests in a land of wonderful colors.

The son: “He taught us to love”

“He taught us to love.” Paolo Rossi’s son Alessandro says this in front of Le Scotte hospital where his father died. “He fought to the end – he says – You know he was a fighter. Unfortunately this time the evil won.”

1/13

2/13

3/13

4/13

13/5

13/6

7/13

8/13

13/9

10/13

11/13

12/13

13/13