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“Paolo, Paolo, Paolo.” Thus, the arrival of the coffin of Paolo rossi by fans present outside the Vicenza cathedral. The hero of the 1982 World Cup died at the age of 64 after fighting an ugly evil: he leaves a huge void in his former colleagues with whom he shared historical pages and in all the people who grew up with the national myth. Already yesterday, Friday December 11, thousands came to the Menti stadium in Vicenza to pay tribute to Rossi, who had launched himself into football that counts precisely for the players. This morning the funeral, obviously in the presence of only 250 people to comply with the restrictions dictated by the coronavirus emergency.
His former teammates of the National Team carried the coffin on their shoulders: Above all, the “twin” Marco Tardelli could not be absent, followed by Giancarlo Antognoni, Fulvio Collovati and Antonio Cabrini. It was the latter who spoke inside the Duomo, unable to hide his voice, broken by the enormous emotion: “I have not only lost a colleague, but a friend and a brother. Together we fight, we win and sometimes we lose, always rising up to disappointment. We were part of a group, that group, our group. I didn’t think you would be leaving so soon, but we would still walk a lot together. I miss you already, your words of comfort, your jokes and your stupid jokes. Your improvisations and your smile. I really miss everything about you, today I want to thank you because if I am what I am, I also owe it to the wonderful friend that you were ”.
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