Overview

• He describes nights of intense post-chemotherapy stomach pain and set incremental goals to cut five hours in the bathroom down to three.
• He says cancer devastated his family, citing the deaths of his father and a sister and another sister’s 14-year struggle with the disease.
• He rejects claims that his athletic build guaranteed recovery, calling himself more fortunate than Vincenzo D’Amico, Paolo Rossi, Sinisa Mihajlovic and Gianluca Vialli.
• He is promoting the memoir “Il vento in faccia e la tempesta nel cuore,” which he says favors personal truth over locker-room anecdotes.
• He reflects on life and football, noting he entered Genoa via a recommendation, cherishes a Venditti song dedicated to him, and views Napoli as best placed to repeat with Inter playing the best and Milan a potential wild card, while a top-four finish for Roma would be extraordinary.