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Paolo Rossi, the Italian soccer legend and star of the 1982 World Cup, died at the age of 64 in the early hours of Thursday.
Rossi was an icon of the 1982 World Cup, after being crowned World Cup champion with Italy and being the top scorer, as well as being chosen as the best player.
Rossi scored 20 goals in 48 appearances for the Italian national team and scored 100 goals in the Italian league during his spells with Vicenza, Progia, Juventus, Milan and Verona.
Rossi won the Ballon d’Or after the 1982 World Cup, which was awarded in that period to the best player in Europe.
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Rossi could have missed the 1982 World Cup because of his involvement in the match-fixing case.
Rossi proved his innocence after being suspended for 3 years in the 1980 scandal, or as he was known in the media as “Totonero de 1980”. And that was a match-fixing scandal in the Italian League, first and second grades.
The case came to light after a complaint from Romanian merchants clarified that Italian footballers were selling matches and results for money. In that case, Avellino, Bologna, Lazio, Milan, Naples, Progia and Pescara were indicted in the first degree, Genoa, Lecce, Palermo, Pistozzi and Taranto in the second degree.
Paulo Romsey was suspended for 3 years and then reduced to two, following his appeal, which means he will be available to play in the 1982 World Cup.
Rossi failed to score in the first group stage, but Italy tied in every match, Azraq never seemed to be in contention for the title at the time.
Until Rossi shone to answer the criticism and scored a hat-trick against Brazil to reach the semi-finals, then scored two goals against Poland in the semi-finals and one against West Germany in the final to crown Italy for the third time in your story at the time.
Rossi said about that achievement, saying, “On the one hand, I felt like I had fulfilled myself, I said to myself, I did.”
“On the other hand, I was disappointed that it was all over and that the World Cup was over,” he continued.
And he added: “When you win something important, it’s not about the title, but about the group you were with during the winning trip, it depends on your entire career that took you to that point.
Paolo Rossi won the Italian League twice with Juventus, the Italian Cup once, the Recopa once, the European Super Cup once and the European Champions League once, in addition to the World Cup with Italy.
