Italy ex-coach Vicini dies at 84
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Former Italy coach Azeglio Vicini, in charge of the team at the 1990 World Cup, has died at the age of 84, the Italian football federation said yesterday.
Vicini coached Italy from 1986 to 1991 and led it to the semifinals at the 1988 European Championship and the World Cup which it hosted two years later.
Italy鈥檚 bid to win the title on home soil ended when it was beaten on penalties by a Diego Maradona-inspired Argentina following a 1-1 draw in a dramatic semifinal. The Azzurri went on to beat England 2-1 in the third-place match.
鈥淚t was a national team which played with heart, passion and entertained the Italians,鈥 said the FIGC.
Fondly remembered as 鈥渢he coach of the magical nights鈥 for his role in Italia 鈥90, Vicini passed away at his home in the northern city of Brescia, Italian press reported.
鈥淗e was a man who was hugely important for my footballing life,鈥 said Salvatore 鈥淭oto鈥 Schillaci, who won the Golden Shoe award at the 1990 World Cup with a tournament-high six goals.
鈥淗e made me known all around the world. He believed in me and if I am what I am, 80 percent of the merit belongs to coach Vicini,鈥 Schillaci added. 鈥淚 hope the football world remembers him like he deserves to be remembered. He was a coach from another era, a real professional, and the advice he gave me was fatherly.鈥
Vicini stepped down in 1991 as Italy surprisingly failed to qualify for Euro 1992 after finishing below the Soviet Union in their group. He was succeeded by Arrigo Sacchi.
Vicini coached Italian national teams at youth level for 11 years before taking charge of the senior side from World Cup-winning coach Enzo Bearzot in 1986 and only coached three club sides 鈥 Brescia, Cesena and Udinese before retiring in 1994.
His playing career took him to Vicenza, Sampdoria and, finally, Brescia.
The FIGC said that a minute鈥檚 silence would be held before Wednesday鈥檚 Coppa Italia match between AC Milan and Lazio and the weekend鈥檚 Serie A games.
Vicini is survived by his wife and three children.
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