Malagò: “We will name the field of Giulio Onesti after Vialli” – Football

ROME – “We want to name a Vialli the field of the Giulio Onesti Olympic Training Center”. Giovanni Malagòpresident of the Coneslaunches the idea of ​​dedicating a part of the Acqua Acetosa sports center to the deceased champion.

This is an idea that Malagò admitted having thought about “with the president of the football federation Gabriel Gravina. On that field, among other things – he added – Mancini’s Italy, together with Vialli, prepared for the European Championships which they then won in 2021″, recalled the number one of Italian sport, underlining how “In 2006, many do not know , also carried the Olympic flag, thanks to the Games organized in Turin. It is rare for a football athlete to be chosen for this honour, it means that even the IOC of the time saw something special in him”.

Among those present at the mass for the former Juventus captain celebrated in the church of Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù in Rome, a stone’s throw from Villa Borghese, there is also the former blue cx and Juventus coach Marcello Lippiof which Vialli was captain in the season of winning the Champions League: “Vialli was everyone’s captain. He had the ability to make everyone love him, to be loved by everyone. He was a leader on and off the pitch”.

Among the people present, a good delegation from the group that won the European Championships together with Vialli in 2021: in addition to the coach Robert Mancinihis very old friend, from Sampdoria days, too Lele Oriali, Daniele De Rossiwho at that time was part of Mancini’s staff, and the captain of the Azzurri Leonardo Bonucci.