Gattuso’s particular minute of silence

The entry of the teams on the pitch, from separate entrances, was suggestive.

When Napoli and Inter met in midfield, there was a greeting between Rino Gattuso and Antonio Conte. Three doctors from Cotugno hospital stood in the center of the field to observe a minute of silence at the San Paolo stadium to remember the victims of Covid-19.

The music from the speakers, which played during the warm-up of the teams, stopped and the deserted stadium was the setting for the minute of silence.

In those emotional moments the cameras caught Rino Gattuso’s expression for a few seconds, who, with shining eyes, turned his gaze to the sky: a moment to remember his sister Francesca, who recently passed away at the age of 37 for a form of diabetes.

The match ended in a 1 – 1 draw, with Gattuso dedicating the qualification to his parents and sister.