Balkans | Serbian footballer Mihajlovic said goodbye to his last trip to Rome

And the Serbian footballer Sinisa Mihajlovic, who died on December 16 while receiving treatment in Italy, bid farewell to his last journey in Rome.

Mihajlovic’s wife, Ariana Rabaccione Mihajlovic, their children, his mother, Victoria, many famous names from the world of football and many fans attended the funeral service, which took place in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martieri in the capital.

Italian Sports Minister Andrea Abodi, Italian Football Federation President Gabriele Gravina, Italy national team coach Roberto Mancini, Adana Demirspor coach Vincenzo Montella, Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri, attacking footballer Ciro Immobile, Lazio president Claudio Lotito and former footballer Francesco Totti and Dejan. Stankovich.

It is reported that the Inzaghi family sent wreaths to the ceremony, in which Bologna, the last coach of Mihajlovic, participated as a team, as well as Sampdoria, Bologna, Milan, Lazio and Roma, where the Serbian footballer played for FIFA and UEFA. .

After the funeral service in the cathedral, Mihailović’s body was carried from here to the Verano Cemetery in Rome, accompanied by applause and torches lit by the masses, where it was expelled on its last journey.

Mihailović, who had been being treated for leukemia for a while, died on December 16.

Sinisa, who played in the Italian Football League (Serie A) teams such as Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio, Inter in his career, worked as a coach in Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Milan, Turin and finally in Bologna, in addition to the Serbian. National team captain Mihajlovic was diagnosed with leukemia for the first time in July 2019, and the young technician announced that he had overcome the disease in 2020 with the treatments he received.

In March of this year, Mihajlovic held an extraordinary press conference at the Bologna club, where he was training at the time, and announced that the disease, which he described as “malignant”, had relapsed.

Source: AA