Vialli, a champion who was able to inspire others by example – Football

Now that the time has come to let him go, postponed for five years because we – affectionate and even selfish – have held him at least as long as he has resisted evil, Gianluca Vialli he detaches himself from his pains following the unusual perspective of someone who, moving away, magnifies rather than shrinks. There is a sadness as thick as Po valley fog in the background of these thoughts: football can be a world of monsters – open a random social network after an important match, and you will descend into its abyss – but it has a unique sixth sense in identify the few really deserving figures.