The world of Italian football has paid tribute to Emiliano Mondonico, who lost his battle with cancer today.
The former Torino and Atalanta Coach has passed away at the age of 71, who won the Coppa Italia with the Granata in 1993.
Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri paid tribute to Mondonico on Twitter, stating that he was “an exponent of the Italian school, a great person who all of our football world will miss”.
The world of Italian football has paid tribute to Emiliano Mondonico, who lost his battle with cancer today.
The former Torino and Atalanta Coach has passed away at the age of 71, who won the Coppa Italia with the Granata in 1993.
Juventus Coach Massimiliano Allegri paid tribute to Mondonico on Twitter, stating that he was “an exponent of the Italian school, a great person who all of our football world will miss”.
Milan called him “a true adversary, a loyal adversary”, adding “Emiliano Mondonico and his sporting sense will be missed by everyone. Milan salutes a great lover of football”.
Their city rivals also paid tribute, writing on Twitter “FC Internazionale Milano expresses its condolences to the family and joins all of Italian football in mourning the passing of Emiliano Mondonico”.
“I am very saddened by the death of Emiliano Mondonico,” Nantes Coach Claudio Ranieri told ANSA.
“The football world has lost a leader and an important professional. I would like to remember him with affection and esteem, and I share in the pain of his loved ones.”
Napoli said “united in grief, President Aurelio De Laurentiis, the directors, the technical staff, the team and all the SSC Napoli express deep sympathy for the death of Emiliano Mondonico”.
Torino, meanwhile, simply wrote: “ciao Mondo, we’ll miss you”.
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