The vice-president of the Frascati Rugby Club, 55 years old, winner of the historic 2000 championship with Rugby Roma together with his brother Giampiero, could not bear the pain of the passing of his Maura
Luciano Mazzi’s heart could not handle the pain and the very tiring months in which he spent body and soul to be close to his Maura. Frascati and Lazio rugby woke up this morning with very bad and unimaginable news: the heart of the 55-year-old former attacking midfielder of the 2000 Italian champion Rugby Roma had stopped beating during the night.
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A series of events that is incredible. On the morning of Saturday 31 January, Maura Giammarioli, 58 years old, Luciano’s wife, who had been battling a serious illness for some time, passed away. And last night, after a day obviously spent in pain together with his sons Alessio and Simone, but also in the affection of the Frascatana community, not only rugby, Luciano’s heart and physique evidently couldn’t hold up. A huge tragedy for a family with rugby in their blood. Giampiero Mazzi, Luciano’s brother, is a legend of Rugby Roma, the player with the most appearances in history. Simone, fly-half, after a career spent almost entirely in Frascati, joined Rugby Roma just a year ago. And just on Saturday, despite the pain of losing his mother, he asked to be able to take the field in the match scheduled for today for the Serie A championship, at home against L’Aquila. An incredible crossroads of fate, given that L’Aquila was the team defeated by Luciano and Giampiero Mazzi’s Rugby Roma in the 2000 championship final.
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Luciano Mazzi was among the protagonists of the rebirth of the Frascati Rugby Club 1949 in 2015 and was still its vice-president. And right on the Rugby Roma field, after the seniors’ match against L’Aquila, the Under 16 championship match against Frascati was played. A series of circumstances that make the day spent by Lazio rugby even more unreal. The Fiamme Oro also remembered their former player, with a minute of silence before the Elite championship home match against Biella. Condolences also expressed by Fir Lazio, of which Giampiero Mazzi is also an advisor. “Being a team overturns everything”, Giampiero had once said to his Under 14 boys. And with this phrase today the senior coach Daniele Montella tried to cheer up his team before the match against L’Aquila. Luciano and Maura’s funeral will take place tomorrow at 11am at the Cathedral of San Pietro in Frascati.
