Gattuso loses his sister, football tightens to 'Ringhio'

A disease against which she fought for a long time but which ultimately defeated her. This is how Francesca Gattuso, the sister of the former world champion and now coach of Napoli, died, who died at the age of 37 and who leaves her husband and a three year old son. Francesca was suffering from a very serious illness and had already had an illness on 20 February when Napoli was engaged in Genoa against Sampdoria. At the end of the game, won 4-2 by the Azzurri, Gattuso had been warned and had immediately left the stadium to reach his sister in Gallarate. Particularly affected also Milan, where Francesca Gattuso has worked for years: "The Gattuso family is and will always be in the heart of Milan. The smile and communication of Francesca Gattuso, sister of our champion and our former coach Rino, will leave an indelible trace in Milanello and in our hearts. Not a day went by without the Rossoneri's sports center inquiring about his health. Francesca worked for 14 years in Milan, with Milan and for Milan "reads the club's official website Red-black. Gattuso immediately left Naples this morning and left for Busto Arsizio, towards the hospital where his sister died, who lived in Gallarate last night but had been in the hospital since February. The two were very close and Gattuso talks about childhood with her on the sea in Calabria also in his autobiographical book "If one is born square he does not die round". The whole world of football today has tightened around the Italian coach starting with Napoli: "We are all close to you with our dear heart Rino", we read on the Napoli website in a condolence that unites President De Laurentiis and his family but also the managers, the technical staff and the team. Messages of condolence also from Inter which writes: "The Club and the Nerazzurri fans embrace Gennaro Gattuso with great affection on the day of the death of his sister Francesca", and from many other clubs where he played like Perugia and the Swiss of Sion, where Gattuso ended his career as a footballer. Verona, Pescara, Udinese, Parma are also close to the pain of the technician. "In the field you were used to not giving up and you won't do it even now in this difficult moment", writes the official Empoli page, clinging to 'Ringhio'