The FC Barcelona is in immense mourning. Tito Vilanova has died at the age of 45. May he rest in peace.

Tito Vilanova, the former coach of FC Barcelona, ​​who fought against cancer, had undergone another operation Thursday, according to Spanish media. “Tito was hospitalized last Friday, according to initial reports, after a worsening of cancer of the parotid gland (salivary gland, Ed) he suffers for some time and was operated on Thursday afternoon, in an intervention previously programmed “wrote the daily Sport, very close to Barcelona.

Since the worsening health of Tito Vilanova has been released, the wave of support from fans of all teams and personalities many sectors agitate social networks. It is on Twitter, where the impact is most colossal with the hashtag # AnimoTito which is Trending Topic of the day in Spain. In total, shortly after noon on Friday, the hashtag exceeded 102,000 tweets.

Other media evoked “a delicate state”. Sports daily Marca reported an “emergency operation due to stomach complications” and a “very serious condition” of the man who had succeeded Pep Guardiola, now coach of Bayern, having been his assistant .

Tito Vilanova, 45 years old midfielder trained at FC Barcelona, ​​is never attained the highest level, and has played in several Spanish clubs before returning to Barça as a trainer of youth.

In 2007 became assistant to Pep Guardiola, then coach B, third division, he had followed in 2008 at the head of the first team. Operated for the first time in November 2011, he had succeeded Guardiola, Barça party in April 2012, before undergoing further surgery in December 2012 to return to his post in January, leading the team to the national title in May 2013 and receive the title of best coach of the Spanish season.

In July of the same year, he left his position due to further deterioration of his health, leaving his estate to Gerardo Martino.