They called him Prince and you just had to watch him move to understand why. Today Enzo Francescoli, star of Uruguayan football, as well as one of the strongest players in the history of Cagliari, blows out 62 candles .
He arrived in the rossoblù in the summer of 1990, to the amazement of Italian and international football: at the time of landing in Sardinia, in fact, Francescoli was the object of desire of the Lawyer's Juventus , who had already identified him as Platini's heir. The Sardinians' coach was Claudio Ranieri , with whom he shared a year in Serie A.
He remained on the island for another two seasons, making 104 appearances and 19 goals , some of which were authentic gems of rare beauty. In 1993 he moved to Turin, before returning to "his" River after a championship in the grenade.
(Unioneonline/L.Ne.)
