Italy in mourning as World Cup legend Paolo Rossi passes away
Date published: Thursday 10th December 2020 9:05 - Robert McCarthy
Former Italy World Cup-winner Paolo Rossi has died aged 64, Italian TV channel
RAI Sport said.
Enrico Varriale, a presenter at the station where Rossi had been working as a pundit, shared the news on Twitter early on Thursday morning.
He said: “Paolo Rossi left us. Unforgettable Pablito, who made us all fall in love in that summer of ’82 and who has been a precious and competent workmate at RAI in recent years. Rip dear Paolo.”
The former Juventus and AC Milan forward was instrumental in Italy’s 1982 World Cup victory, scoring the opening goal of the 3-1 final victory over West Germany and going on to win the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorer.
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Paolo Rossi, who fired Italy to victory in the 1982 World Cup after almost missing the tournament through a match-fixing scandal, has died aged 64, prompting an outpouring of grief and tributes. He didn t want to go, I hugged him tightly and told him Paolo you have suffered too much, now leave this body and go , Rossi s wife Federica Cappelletti told journalists outside Le Scotte Hospital in Siena where he passed away.
She did not disclose the cause of his death.
Rossi s funeral will take place on Saturday morning in the Cathedral of Vicenza, the city that changed the course of his footballing career and who reached Serie A thanks to his goals.
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