Ciro Immobile dedicates Italy's superb start at Euro 2020 to two 'angel' children shot dead near Rome last week... as striker says the team 'share the pain of this tragedy'
- The two children were tragically shot down while playing in the town of Ardea
- An elderly man was also killed in what is believed to have been a random attack
- Ciro Immobile has now dedicated Italy's fine start at Euro 2020 to the 'angels'
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Ciro Immobile dedicated Italy’s fine start at Euro 2020 to two children who were killed when a gunman opened fire in a small town near Rome last Sunday.
The boys, identified only as David and Daniel, were playing in a street in Ardea, 20 miles from the capital, when they were shot dead by a man named locally as 35-year-old Andrea Pignani before he reportedly took his own life.
An elderly man was also killed by Pignani in what is believed to have been a random attack.
Ciro Immobile dedicated Italy's fine Euros start to two children shot dead in Rome last week
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Immobile scored Italy’s third in their 3-0 win over Switzerland on Wednesday and pointed to the skies during his celebration.
‘On behalf of the whole team, I wanted to dedicate our win and my goal to David and Daniel, the two angels who are no longer with us,’ said Immobile. ‘It’s our duty to embrace them, wherever they are.’
He added: ‘We wanted to go to the funeral, too, but because of Covid regulations we were unable to.
‘We share the pain of this tragedy and on the pitch, we did what we could. It was our duty.’
Immobile's celebration was directed at the two 'angels', and he says Italy's stars share the pain
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