Napoli coach Genaro Gattuso took advantage of the end of the year to send a positive message, speaking about the disease he suffers in one of his eyes and for which he has appeared with a patch in recent games.
“I want to say something to the kids who don’t look pretty in the mirror: life is beautiful and you have to face it without hiding. I know my players had a hard time seeing me like that. I read that I was dead and I have one month to live. I’m not going to die. I’m alive. “
The former Italian football player is suffering from a disease called ocular myasthenia, and at the press conference he appeared without the patch, with the affected eye partially closed.
“I have myasthenia, I have it for ten years, it’s the third time it has hit me. This time it was strong, but everything will pass, the eye will repair itself. I see double, it’s hard to to stand, only a fool if I can get it.
“I don’t like moments like this, but I accept it because there are worse things in life. I do what I like, this is my life and when I have to decide how to leave I want it to be right there. I’ve spent all my life: in the country, “added.