The failure, the injections, the resuscitation attempt: the Roma striker was not even 26 years old, officially died of cardiorespiratory insufficiency. But the series of omissions, lies and rumors that followed …
He got off the grandstand of the Amsicora stadium where he had just witnessed the Cagliari-Roma match, entered the locker room. He took a couple of steps towards the benches where his companions were undressing, turned white, collapsed exhausted, finally fell to the floor. This is how a footballer dies, without a reason. His name was Giuliano Taccola, in three months he would have turned twenty-six.