Totò Schillaci is dead: farewell to the hero of Italia ’90 and former star of Juventus and Inter
Toto’ Schillaci has died, the footballer from Palermo former star of Juventus and Inter who in the nineties, wearing the national team shirt, had made Italians dream in his ‘Magical Nights’ of Italia ’90 where was it top scorer of the World Cup and best player of the competition The Azzurri finished in third place (the semi-final was lost on penalties against Diego Armando Maradona’s Argentina – a goal by Caniggia equalised Schillaci’s own goal in regulation time – and the final was won against Paul Gascoigne’s England).
That year Totò then finished in second place in the rankings of Golden Ball behind the Inter champion (and the world champion Germany) Lothar Matthaus.
The 59-year-old striker, who had been battling cancer for some time, he had been hospitalized in the Pneumology department of the Civic Hospital of Palermo since September 7, when his health conditions worsened. Over the days his condition had stabilized but yesterday the hospital’s medical bulletin had reported a worsening.
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