Sassuolo defender Francesco Acerbi has today released a book – ‘All right – My double victory over cancer’ – written with journalist Alberto Pucci, documenting his battle with serious illness and return to football.
The 27-year-old Italian centre-back was diagnosed with testicular cancer during the summer of 2012, following successful treatment Acerbi returned to action with the Neroverdi in 2014 before making his Italy debut on November 18, 2014 in the Azzurri’s 1–0 friendly win over Albania in Genoa.
“I had always planned to write a book at this point in my life, perhaps at the end of my football career, but I decided to do it now after I met with Alberto for lunch,” Acerbi told the the media at today’s book launch.
“The message I would like to get across is that you have to do everything possible to heal and you have to deal with the disease, you have to be positive even in the hardest moments.
“That is what gave me great strength and the desire to heal, this is the secret: do not give up, I always thought of healing.”
