Rome, 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – “I’m very sorry about this; I believe that everyone who has lost their life has a fundamental right to be treated with respect. This applies to Mr Mazzola, but it applies to everyone who has lost their life, including my husband.” So said Mariella Cavanna, widow of Gaetano Scirea, speaking on Rai Radio 1, regarding what happened yesterday in Turin during the minute’s silence for Sandro Mazzola, when the Juventus Curva Sud turned their backs, chanting the names of their own departed players and officials, including Gaetano Scirea. Scirea and Mazzola, moreover, were united by very similar human and sporting values: “This is without a doubt,” continued Mariella Cavanna on Rai Radio 1, “even though they wore different shirts and there was certainly great rivalry on the pitch, I believe that, on a human level, they were on the same wavelength, and this is certainly a source of pride for all fans of both Inter and Juventus.” Does seeing her husband’s name linked to such events stir any emotions in her? “I’ve got used to everything by now,” remarked Mariella Cavanna, Scirea’s widow, on Radio1 Rai, “I haven’t forgotten what happened in Florence, for example, to my husband. So I believe we live in a society today that certainly has no respect for people who are no longer with us.”
Mazzola, Scirea’s widow: “I feel sorry for the Juve ultras; there’s no respect left”
Rome, 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – “I’m very sorry about this; I believe that everyone who has lost their life has a fundamental right to be treated with respect. This applies to Mr Mazzola, but it applies to everyone who has lost their life, including my husband.” So said Mariella Cavanna, widow of Gaetano Scirea, speaking on Rai Radio 1, regarding what happened yesterday in Turin during the minute’s silence for Sandro Mazzola, when the Juventus Curva Sud turned their backs, chanting the names of their own departed players and officials, including Gaetano Scirea. Scirea and Mazzola, moreover, were united by very similar human and sporting values: “This is without a doubt,” continued Mariella Cavanna on Rai Radio 1, “even though they wore different shirts and there was certainly great rivalry on the pitch, I believe that, on a human level, they were on the same wavelength, and this is certainly a source of pride for all fans of both Inter and Juventus.” Does seeing her husband’s name linked to such events stir any emotions in her? “I’ve got used to everything by now,” remarked Mariella Cavanna, Scirea’s widow, on Radio1 Rai, “I haven’t forgotten what happened in Florence, for example, to my husband. So I believe we live in a society today that certainly has no respect for people who are no longer with us.”