Without hair, beard and eyebrow, former Sampdorias champion terrified of cancer: “

Gianluca Vialli has come back to talk about his fight against tumors in the pancreas. A fierce battle that the former Sampdoria champion has confessed to the Times, showing all his fears for the future.

I'm fine, I've regained my muscles, he explained - but I'm still scared and worried”. Whenever I wake up or go to bed with a little stomach or headache, or a little fever, I think right away, God, he's back. I guess it's gonna take a while before I can put this feeling behind me, he added.

A fear that can hardly be controlled, deeply marked by surgery, chemotherapy, and radio therapy. Two terrible years in which Viall has lost about 60 pounds [16 kg], hair, beard and eyebrows.

And security. You're fragile in this situation and you can't tell if you've beaten your illness until years have passed without problems”

In the fight against cancer, alongside Gianluca has always been his English wife, Cathryn, and her two teenage daughters.

A constant presence that has given him calmness and has given him a desire to smile. My daughters have helped me by painting my eyebrows and asking my wife for advice to use Turkey. We laugh, you have to laugh, you need to find fun side, if you can 11x1> “But I had been in the bathroom for days not to see when I cried”, he ended up.