“We are happy to have brought people happiness and hope after a difficult period,” Chiellini added, according to AFP.
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The 36-year-old tracker dedicated success to Fiorentina’s fans and defender David Astori, who died at the hotel three years ago before a league match for heart failure.
“We are not here because we have turned one more eleven. We are here because we believed in the value of friendship. This is a team success and we have achieved it together,” Chiellini said during an audience with the president.
However, the celebrations during the EURO also had their critics. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the footage of thousands of football fans during the European Championships did not send a positive signal to the world.
Michael Ryan, director of the WHO emergency program, recalled that while a relatively large number of people in Europe have already received the vaccine, vaccination is restricted in other areas.
And that is why the developed world should be in solidarity. In his opinion, the measures will be more difficult to enforce when people see “exuberant entertainment” in Europe. “The reality of most of the world is that they are not returning to normal. It is really important that we show solidarity,” Ryan said according to the DPA.
The final at Wembley was watched live by 60,000 spectators, and thousands more took to the streets. “The world should fight together, the delta variants are expanding and bringing new cases and death,” added WHO chief Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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