- January 8, 2023
- Posted by: AliensFaith
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- Updates from the 4.30pm GMT kick-off at the Etihad Stadium
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Football lost a bit of the twinkle in its eye on Friday, when Gianluca Vialli died aged 58. He wasn’t quite the man who started the Chelsea revolution – but he did accelerate it, winning three major cup competitions in as many seasons and making them credible Premier League challengers for the first time.
In 1998-99 they lost only three games and still finished third behind Manchester United and Arsenal. Vialli also took Chelsea to a Champions League quarter-final, when they came within a few minutes of eliminating Barcelona. More than all of that, he made the world a lighter, happier place.
