A former international who played for Juventus between 1992 and 1994, he alerts us to the study of existing practices in the 1990s after the death of Vialli, of whom he has fond memories.
It was a world apart. He also came from a world apart, in an unusual context in the day to day of football, but it was a world apart. For the quality, for the irreverence, for the perseverance, for the resistance he had in a tough battle against cancer that he ended up winning after extra time – and meanwhile he was still finding the strength to be head of the Italian team’s delegation at Euro 2020 , ending that iconic image crying in the arms of “brother” Roberto Mancini after winning the final.
Gianluca Vialli, former Italian soccer player, has died. I was 58 years old
Gianluca Vialli was one of the greatest exponents of a transalpine generation that put football at the top in the 90s, having later been an example for his way of trying to face the most difficult and relentless rival he encountered throughout of their life. His death at the age of 58, a victim of pancreatic cancer, was therefore a shock throughout the country and for all the clubs and colleagues with whom he came across. Two weeks later, he still hasn’t forgotten. And it served as a warning to other ex-players, in this case the former midfielder Dino Baggio, in relation to some practices that he says existed in the 90s.
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“He left us too soon. We should investigate the substances we take at that time. there has always been doping. We need to understand if certain supplements have affected us over time. I’m scared too, it’s happening to many former players”, launched the international who played for Juventus with Vialli between 1992 and 1994 (in a team that also had Roberto Baggio, Conte, Del Piero, Peruzzi, Kohler or Andreas Möller, among others), in a career in which he also played for Torino, Inter, Parma, Lazio or Blackburn, having won three UEFA Cups, one Cup and one Italian Super Cup as well as the final lost in the 1994 World Cup against Brazil in the tiebreaker by big penalties.
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“We must look again at what we took in that period, Do some research on these substances. I don’t know why [que Gianluca Vialli morreu] but there was always doping. We didn’t take weird stuff, it was normal stuff. But you have to know if they leave the body after a while or if they stay forever. I have beautiful memories of Vialli. He was a great man in the locker room and he wanted to help the youngest grow, ”added Dino Baggio in an interview with TV7 quoted by Gazzetta dello Sport.
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— La Gazzetta dello Sport (@Gazzetta_it) January 17, 2023
Source: Observadora
