Gattuso on his illness: “it really gets you down”

Gennaro Gattuso gave an emotional interview. The Napoli coach spoke openly about his health problems and wants to fight on the field as before.

Gattuso was last seen on the sidelines wearing an eye patch or partially masked glasses. This is because the 42-year-old man suffers from myasthenia in the eye. It is an autoimmune disease that causes weakness in the muscles that control the eyes and eyelids, among other symptoms.

People affected by the disease usually see twice. When he reached the Sky Sport Italia cameras, his right eyelid was visibly drooping.

After his team’s draw against Torino, Insigne scored 1-1 to equalize in injury time, the Calabrian spoke first about the difficult circumstances for his team before also talking about himself:

Gattuso with an impressive statement

“I admit that I have not been myself in the last twelve days either. I want to appeal to everyone, especially children, who look in the mirror and see something that seems strange or not quite right: ‘Life is beautiful. It embraces everything ›», says the former Milan star.

“The boys also suffered seeing me like this, I know, but I’m alive. I have had myasthenia for 10 years, this is the third time it has gotten so bad, but it will pass and my eye will normalize again ”, says the born fighter.

“Rino”, who started his coaching career at FC Sion in 2013, explains: “It’s not just that I look bad, this condition is very exhausting, watching twice a day, 24 hours a day, it really exhausts you. Only a crazy person like me would continue. ”

His conclusion: “Anyway, this is my life and there are worse things. I know some are already assuming that I only have one month to live, but I can assure you that it will pass. “

What should be the end of the day is clear to the charismatic fiery, who always kept his heart in the right place: “I want to die where I lived: on the football field.”