Items stolen included a watch belonging to the football legend and cash. Rossi and his family lived in a farmhouse in Poggio Cennina, where he ran an organic farming company and agritourism resort
Paolo Rossi
The home of Italy's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi in the Tuscan countryside was burgled on Saturday during his funeral service. Italian news agency AGI reported that Rossi's wife Federica returned from the ceremony in the Italian city of Vicenza to discover the home they shared near Bucine, Florence, had been broken into.
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Items stolen included a watch belonging to the football legend and cash. Rossi and his family lived in a farmhouse in Poggio Cennina, where he ran an organic farming company and agritourism resort.
All players in Italy on Saturday took to the pitch wearing black armbands in memory of Rossi who died on Wednesday, aged 64. A minute's silence was observed before kick-offs with Rossi's photo projected on large screens with the words Heroes never die and Ciao Paolo.
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