"At the end of a long and difficult 'negotiation' with my wonderful team of oncologists, I have decided to suspend, hopefully temporarily, my present and future professional commitments".
The head of delegation of the national team
Gianluca Vialli said to the FIGC announcing his absence on the occasion of the next matches of the national team
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"The goal - continues Vialli - is to use all my psycho-physical energies to help my body overcome this phase of the disease, in order to be able to face new adventures as soon as possible and share them with all of you. hug".
"Gianluca - commented the federal president Gabriele Gravina - is an absolute protagonist of the Italian national team and will also be in the future. Thanks to his extraordinary fortitude, to the Azzurro and to the affection of the whole federal family I am convinced he will return soon He can count on each of us, because we are a team, on and off the pitch."