Gianluca Vialli would have turned 61 today: Roberto Mancini's moving remembrance

Gianluca Vialli would have turned 61 today. A birthday that Italian football remembers with affection, sadness, and gratitude. Also paying tribute to Vialli, who passed away on January 6, 2023, from pancreatic cancer, was Roberto Mancini , his great friend, teammate at Sampdoria, and former national team coach, who dedicated a post to him on social media. "Happy birthday, I love you. Friendship is one soul inhabiting two bodies, one heart beating in two souls. Aristotle," Mancini wrote on Instagram, accompanying the words with photos of the two of them embracing after Italy's victory at the 2021 European Championships.