Great sadness in Italy.
A World Cup hero died there on Thursday.
Even FC Bayern expressed their condolences and called him “one of the great things in football”.
Italy's football mourns the loss of a
1982
World Cup hero
Paolo Rossi
passed away unexpectedly on Thursday at the age of 64
Even
FC Bayern
expressed their condolences on the
death of
the former World Cup top scorer
Munich - Italian football mourns again.
Two weeks after the death of
Diego Armando Maradona *
, the Italian World Cup hero
Paolo Rossi has
died.
Rossi's wife Federica Cappelletti announced the news on
, she commented on a photo of the couple with the words "forever" and posted a heart.
"There will never be someone like you, unique, special, after you there is absolutely nothing," wrote Cappelletti on Facebook.
The whole of Italy was shocked by the news.
In the Azzurri training center in Coverciano near Florence and in the headquarters of the FIGC association in Rome, the Italian flag was raised at half-mast as a sign of mourning.
FC Bayern: Italian World Cup hero surprisingly deceased - FCB condolences: "great footballer"
“
Paolo Rossi
led Italy's football to Olympus.
His myth is immortal.
He is a legendary figure in international sport, whose goals brought generations of Italians unparalleled joy, ”said the Italian Minister of Sports, Vincenzo Spadafora.
His former
teammates
were also shocked by the death of the former thoroughbred striker
Rossi
.
“I can't believe it and I can't accept it.
Paolo was intelligent and extremely personable.
He did the right things at the right moment.
He was irreplaceable in our national team.
We were a great team made up of real friends, "said Italy's iconic goalkeeper and captain of the 1982 world championship team,
Dino Zoff
:" I knew that Paolo had
health problems
, but I didn't know that the situation around him was so serious. "
Karl-Heinz #Rummenigge: "Paolo Rossi was a great player in football."
The football world mourns Paolo Rossi.
The former Italian international and 1982 world champion has died at the age of 64.
- FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayern) December 10, 2020
In the Italian Parliament,
Rossi was
remembered
with a
minute's silence
and long applause.
Even the
Bayern
condolences in a press release.
“The death of
Paolo Rossi
shocked me,” said
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
: “Paolo was very humorous and full of life, a tremendously likeable person with whom you could always have fun.
And he was a big player in football.
The
FC Bayern
and I will personally Paolo Rossi never forget. "
Rossi
had
scored 1-0
in the final against
Germany
at the
1982 World Cup
in Spain
.
In the end, the Azzurri won 3-1 against the
DFB team
.
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