1) “Luca Vialli released his last interview nine months ago on Netflix speaking about his life, illness & the secret of happiness.” The full interview can be seen in Italian below. This thread will have extracts from the interview in English [taken from

2) “I am convinced our children follow our example more than our words. I know I have less time now. I am aware I won’t die of old age. I feel more fragile, everything I do makes me wonder if that’s the right thing I am showing my daughters. I try to be a positive example.”

3) “I try to tell them that happiness depends on the perspective you watch in life. I try to tell them that they should not show off, listen more, talk less, try to improve every day. Laugh a lot,help others. To me, this is the secret of happiness.”

4) “ I know I have less time to be an example for them. They fear they will lose me. They want to show me their love. I am not only talking about my daughters but also my wife & so many other people who are showing me so much affection that I got emotional when I think about it.”

5) “So, I try not to lose time and tell my parents that I love them. I realised that it makes no sense to do stupid things. Do the things you are passionate about, not the rest, there is no time.”

6) [Luca Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017. How did he tell his daughters?] “My wife and I spoke to people with more experienced who guided us. But if you tell them lies, you won’t protect them.”

7) “Look, daddy has cancer, there are many chances that he will feel well, but he will have to manage a period of treatment. It won’t be easy.’ That’s how we handled it. We wanted to be clear. We didn’t tell them immediately.”

8) “I’ve said it many times, if I had to fight cancer, I’d end up destroyed. It’s a period of my life, [cancer] is a travelling companion which I hope will get bored of me at some point.” Interview by Alessandro Cattelan for Netflix show Una semplice domanda. #GianlucaVialli

Tonight italian tv released the preview of “la Bella stagione” recorded after the Euros. A film about the 1991 Scudetto won by Sampdoria. Really touching.

Thank you for sharing… I am absolutely gutted about losing him it’s like something inside has died so much of this mirrors Matthew Harding

I can't see the full interview on the site, have you got a link?

It’s Episode 3 - full series at this link