2024-01-24 17:07:55 The bishop: “Run to heaven like after a goal”
«Sport as life, art, discipline, shared passion, which cannot be bought. Sport is joy, a gift from the Creator: all this is celebrated in Gigi Riva, the sporting merits and the greatness of man, the presence today of so many friends and admirers is not surprising.” Thus began the homily of the Archbishop of Cagliari, Giuseppe Baturi, at Riva’s funeral. «There are many images of these days that celebrate the beauty and power of Riva, his exultation with his long arms raised to the sky. Run again and still hold your arms high in the sky, run and look up at the sky with your parents and your beloved sister »
2024-01-24 16:33:22 Riva will be buried in the Bonaria cemetery
Gigi Riva will be buried in the monumental cemetery of Bonaria, in a chapel right next to the Basilica where the funeral is taking place. The ceremony will be strictly private, therefore reserved for family members. The body of the blue and red-blue champion will be transferred immediately after the celebration of the mass.
2024-01-24 14:09:17 Malagò: “A man of integrity”
«Objectively I struggle to find anyone who, in the world of sport, was more upright than him from all points of view. Then someone says ‘those were different times, but I think that today, but also in a thousand years, he would still have been like this.” Coni president Giovanni Malagò said this. at the exit of Gigi Riva’s funeral home. «He is a heritage of the world of football but also of Italian sport – he added – he will remain here in Sardinia and I believe that he will become a place of pilgrimage»
2024-01-24 14:08:44 Flags at half-mast in front of the FIGC headquarters
Flags of Italy, Europe and the FIGC were displayed at half-mast in front of the Football Federation headquarters as a sign of mourning on the day of the funeral of Gigi Riva, the top scorer of the Italian national team, who passed away last Monday.