By AFP - Agence France Presse December 12, 2020 Print Article Italy 1982 World Cup winners Marco Tardelli (3rd L) and Antonio Cabrini (R) carry the coffin of former teammate Paolo Rossi at his funeral in the Cathedral in Vicenza, northeastern Italy. Marco Bertorello Text size Hundreds gathered to bid farewall to Italy's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi during an emotional funeral ceremony in Vicenza Cathedral on Saturday. Rossi's World Cup-winning teammates carried the simple wooden coffin of the forward known as 'Pablito' before and after the ceremony in the city's Duomo. "If I am world champion I owe it to him," said former Italy defender Fulvio Collovati.