Stefano Tacconi, former Juventus goalkeeper and captain, has been admitted to the Alessandria hospital in the Neurosurgery ward since this afternoon, on a reserved prognosis, due to a serious illness that he accused while he was in nearby Asti.
Close to the age of 65, the former footballer had spent last night as a guest of the organizers of the “Days of the Figurines”, a gathering of collectors in the Asti area. After the charity dinner in a renowned restaurant in the hills of Monferrato Asti, organized to raise funds to be allocated to the local committee of the Italian Red Cross, he would conclude the evening, in the company of his son, in a nightclub in the center of Asti.
During the night the first illnesses, this morning he was taken to the emergency room of "Cardinal Massaia", in Asti. After the first treatments, the doctors decided to transfer him to the more specialized hospital in Alexandria.
"Take back Popes, you are a lion, you will win this battle too", writes his son Andrea.
Tacconi is still very much loved in Piedmont after 10 years with the Juventus shirt: from 1983, he arrived in Turin as Dino Zoff's successor, until 1992. With the Old Lady he won two league titles and an Italian Cup and, above all, all international competitions: Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup (in the tragic evening of Heysel), Uefa Super Cup, Intercontinental, Uefa Cup.
With the national team, on the other hand, only 7 appearances, all in friendly matches. He was the second goalkeeper at the 1988 European Championships and 1990 World Cups and owner of the Olimpica at the 1988 Seoul games. His farewell to football in '94 after two and a half seasons in Genoa.
(Unioneonline / D)
