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The funeral in Vicenza chosen by his wife (N. Negrin)
THANKS FROM FEDERICA, ROSSI’S WIFE, IN VICENZA. «Vicenza was the right choice. I’m not from Vicenza, I don’t know Vicenza well: I’ve been there a dozen times. But all the strength that I have always felt here, the love for Paolo made me choose. My heart told me: “you have to go there” for Paul’s last farewell, and it was the right choice. So Federica Cappelletti explained her choice and thanked Vicenza at the end of the funeral ceremony. «Paolo was remembered in other cities that I thank and will thank. But Vicenza has and has always had an extra team.
11:40 AM – DEPARTURE OF THE CATHEDRAL FERETER. The coffin of Paolo Rossi, at the end of the funeral celebration, was carried on the shoulders by his son Alessandro and his former 82 World Champions, led by an emotional Antonio Cabrini, in the Piazza del Duomo Santa Maria Annunciata. Here he was received by a crowd of fans, from Vicenza and by friends who did not want to miss the last farewell. “Pablito, Pablito” and lots of applause, tears, hugs. At the end, the roses placed as a gesture of love on the coffin by the daughters and his wife.
The ceremony was attended, in addition to family, always friends, former colleagues, but also, among others, the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, the secretary of the AIC Gianni Grazioli and another great former vice-president like Pablito, Roberto. Baggio.
10.30 – START OF THE FUNERAL CEREMONY. «Paolo surprised us, like the ones he did with his rivals on the pitch. Surprise for us citizens, but also for his friends from Lane and World 82 who did not imagine the gravity of evil. Because Pablo, like all his life, lived the disease with the same discretion, the same grace as always. Pablito’s funeral is celebrated by Monsignor Ruaro, Paolo’s childhood friend, in an atmosphere of deep sadness but also serenity, as the champion would have liked.
There are three hundred people in the Duomo, but there are so many outside, trying to respect the rules of distancing but with the great desire to greet Paolo Rossi for the last time.
10.20 – THE CHAMPIONS WEAR THE IRON ON THE SHOULDER. The funeral procession began with the coffin of Paolo Rossi carried on the shoulders of the 82 champions. Marco Tardelli, Giancarlo Antognoni, Antonio Cabrini and Fulvio Collovati, former teammates of Paolo Rossi in the Mondale ’82 victory, are among those who carried the body inside the cathedral of Vicenza, where the funeral is about to begin. Outside the choirs of the people singing “Paolo, Paolo …”. Many people wanted to say goodbye to the champion.
UPDATE AT 10. The arrival of the Vicenza pennant. “I will always carry your smile within me.” So Beppe Bergomi outside the cathedral, a few moments before the funeral of Paolo Rossi. The former defender, world champion alongside Pablito in the 82nd World Cup, has also worked with Rossi, as a commentator in numerous matches. “The lightness with which he was able to face football was incredible.” Outside the Cathedral for the farewell of Paolo Rossi also Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Altobelli, Stefano Tacconi.
9.30 am – ARRIVAL AT THE CATHEDRAL The body of Paolo Rossi recently arrived at the Piazza Duomo in Vicenza, where the funeral will begin at 10.30 in the Cathedral. To welcome the champion in the last farewell, some historical Azzurri. Among the first Alessandro Altobelli: «I too wanted to shake his hand for the last time. We helped him in the World Cup, this time we couldn’t do anything ».
As for the funeral, access will be reserved only to family members. Many authorities are expected, a representation of LR Vicenza, exponents of the world of football and sports journalism, friends of the beloved bomber from all over Italy. To avoid gatherings, access to the squares and streets surrounding the cathedral will also be prohibited.
The feature will be broadcast live on Rai2 and Sky Sport.
PRAY 8. They will accompany you on your last trip. The boys of 82. Those champions who together with Paolo Rossi have marked the history of a country. They shared a World Cup, they shared their lives, they remained a compact group even after years of distance, exchanging messages until the next day. And today they will come together again. However, without those shouts of joy that are still etched in the memory of Italians. Yet, however, that desire to joke and laugh as everyone still remembers. No, there will be tears, sadness and emotion.
However, once again they will bond with their partner and gather around Federica, Sofia Elena, Vittoria, Alessandro and Simonetta. The boys of ’82 will carry Pablito’s coffin. You will be accompanied on your back from the Gonfalone oratory, in Piazza Duomo, to the Cathedral, where at 10.30 am the ceremony of the last farewell to the great champion and honorary citizen of Vicenza will begin. “One of us”.
