Sunday, 4 March 2018

Davide Astori

Day -102 WorldCup2018

There didn't have to be any thought as to what I had to write about today. Sadly, it was very simple.

Davide Astori. Fiorentina's captain, Italian international, died suddenly today hours before a league match against Udinese.

This is his only goal for Italy where he got a touch just before the ball crossed the line. He was playing for Cagliari at the time and this was the first time since the great Gigi Riva that a player from that team had scored for Italy, something the club and the island of Sardinia were very proud of.

James Horncastle, writing for the BBC reminded me of an Arrigo Sacchi quote, very appropriate for today:

"Football is the most important of the least important things in life."


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