Former Italy centre-back Fulvio Collovati said he ‘owes’ his World Cup winners medal to Paolo Rossi. ‘This is a terrible year, I never expected this news’.
Rossi, one of the best Italian strikers in history, died last night at 64 and his teammate from 1982, Collovati, spoke to Radio Rai this morning.
“We have a chat, where only the team from 1982 can access,” he said. “This morning, this news came from his wife and I’m upset. I can hardly speak.
Former Italy centre-back Fulvio Collovati said he ‘owes’ his World Cup winners medal to Paolo Rossi. ‘This is a terrible year, I never expected this news’.
Rossi, one of the best Italian strikers in history, died last night at 64 and his teammate from 1982, Collovati, spoke to Radio Rai this morning.
“We have a chat, where only the team from 1982 can access,” he said. “This morning, this news came from his wife and I’m upset. I can hardly speak.
“If I’m a World Cup winner, I owe it to him and his goals. That World Cup was fantastic.
“Then I shared 15 years of my life with him, from the national youth team. This is a terrible year, I never expected this news would come.”