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Italian media reported after his wife Federica Cappelletti announced the news Thursday night on social media. Rossi shot Italy in Spain in 1982 as the world championship title scorer. He scored six goals in the last three World Cup games and scored 1-0 in the final against Germany (3-1).
Rossi had previously scored three goals in the 3-2 win against Brazil, and in the semi-final against Poland he scored a double in the 2-0 win. He was also named best player of the tournament. In the same year Rossi received the Ballon d’Or, which at that time went to the best footballer in Europe. In Italy, the newsletters mourned the death of the “hero of 1982”. Italy beat teams with Rossi like “Brazil with Zico, Argentina with Maradona, Germany with Rummenigge”.
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) placed the flags at half-staff at the association’s headquarters in Rome. “The passing of Pablito is another moment of great pain, a wound in the hearts of all fans that is difficult to heal. We are losing a friend and an icon of our football,” wrote FIGC President Gabriele Gravina. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte commented on Twitter: “In the summer of 1982 he gave entire generations a dream of his goals.”
Rossi, who was born in Prato, Tuscany, almost missed the World Cup. Because he was involved in a gambling scandal (“Totonero”), the Italian Association banned him in 1980 for three years. However, the penalty was reduced by one year, so that the Juventus attacker was able to play again from April 1982. Due to the lack of practice in the match, Rossi’s nomination for the World Cup received criticism. , which initially seemed justified, as they remained scoreless in the preliminary round. But then he scored decisively and gave the “Azzurri” their first world championship title since 1938.
With his nine World Cup goals, scored three in 1978 in Argentina, Rossi, along with Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, remains Italy’s top scorer. In the 1986 final in Mexico, he was also on the team, but was not used. He finished his career at a relatively young age a year later.
At club level, Rossi celebrated the greatest successes with Juventus. With the Turin team he won the Italian Cup (1983), the championship (1984), the Recopa de Europa (1984) and the Masters Cup (1985). The latest triumph was overshadowed by the Heysel disaster, in which 39 people died. In the 1977/78 season, when he played for Vicenza, he was the top scorer in Serie A with 24 goals.
Rossi remained connected to the sport, among other things he ran a football school in Perugia and was a television expert for the RAI. He leaves three children with his wife.
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