Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillachi’s daughter reveals Italy legend apologised from hospital bed before tragic death at 59

ITALY fable Salvatore 'Toto' Schillachi's girl revealed helium apologised to her connected his decease bed.

The Italia '90 World Cup leader passed distant aged 59 connected Wednesday pursuing a conflict with colon cancer.

Thousands of fans gathered successful Palermo for his ceremonial and his coffin was draped successful scarves and shot shirts.

Schillachi's girl Jessica described him arsenic a "hero" and recalled the past fewer months they spent together, with the erstwhile striker diagnosed successful 2022.

Jessica besides revealed her begetter apologised to her and her member Mattia connected his deathbed.

She told Tuttosport: “Three days ago, arsenic my member Mattia and I were astatine his bedside, we told him that TV operators were already extracurricular of the hospital”, she said.

“He told us: ‘I lone attraction astir you’. And helium said helium was atrocious for not being contiguous each the times helium would’ve wished, and we would’ve wished.”

Jessica besides discussed the champion memories she shared with her begetter and a travel she took with him successful the summer.

She continued: “We talked, we besides joked until it was possible. We recalled the champion moments successful our lives, the ones you’ll ne'er forget, that adjacent decease won’t beryllium capable to instrumentality distant from me.

“He was a leader successful his ain way, but helium was conscionable a begetter to me.

“I took immoderate days disconnected successful July to enactment with my dad. We went to Isola delle Femmine; helium would’ve wanted to instrumentality maine connected a vessel trip, but helium was already precise tired.

“We settled for a bath successful the oversea and a food lunch; it was wonderful. You could spot helium was struggling erstwhile helium took maine backmost to the airport.

“The concern got worse successful the past days: my dada started to play a crippled helium knew helium would lose.

“But helium played it until the end, not reasoning astir him but astir each the radical helium loved, and he’ll support loving wherever helium is now.”

Schillaci represented Italian giants Juventus and Inter Milan throughout his career, but saw his astir memorable moments hap successful the celebrated bluish of the Italian nationalist team.

The Palermo-born striker was the World Cup Golden Boot victor during the Italia 90 tournament.

His six goals saw him bushed footballing legend Diego Maradona to the trophy arsenic Italy finished 3rd successful their location tournament.

Schillaci, who was virtually chartless extracurricular of Italy anterior to the tournament, soon became a household sanction aft netting against Austria, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay, the Republic of Ireland and Argentina.

While helium besides denied England a third-place decorativeness aft helping Italy bushed the Three Lions successful the tournament's third-place playoff lucifer successful Bari.

Schillaci retired successful 1997, hanging up his boots astatine Japanese nine Jubilo Iwata.