“I worked with him for five years.
He left a very vivid memory: there was a certain respect from everyone. It was the presence of a great champion. Yes, I’m still moved. Yes”, the former national coach Arrigo Sacchi cannot hold back his tears as he remembers Gigi Riva on Tg1.
A thought also shared by another former Italian coach, Marcello Lippi, who shared the 2006 World Cup victory with Riva: “The boys were fascinated by this person – says Lippi – this character who, moreover, had incredible simplicity and humility. He was a point of reference for everyone for his past and how he behaved in that period.”
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