Emotional scenes as thousands gather to bid farewell to 'grande capitano' Davide Astori

"You're not like others, you are football, the real one, the pure one of children."

Thousands of people gathered in one of Florence's main squares for the funeral of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori.

Some arrived at 7am on Thursday, three hours before the start of the funeral at Basilica di Santa Croce.