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The world of football reacts with amazement and sadness to the news of the death by Paolo Rossi at 64. The hero of the 1982 World Cup in Spain died due to an incurable disease: There are already hundreds of reactions on social networks, and among them the most heartfelt are those of the national team and their teammates.
Among these, the farewell to Zbigniew Boniek , who played with Pablito in Juventus, winning practically everything in Italy and Europe: ” I admit it … I cry . You were part of the ‘True Friends’ group… with you I not only won… but I also lived… ”.
The former Polish striker had also posted another tweet with a photo of his friend in the blue shirt: “But why? RIP “.
This is the memory of Juventus: “What bad news this morning. Paolo Rossi, Pablito is gone: for an entire nation, the man of an unforgettable World Cup, for us “too” much, much more.
Paolo is a whole generation of Juventus players who were happy with him, in front of televisions that, month after month, turned to color. But our joys continued to be, wonderfully, black and white.
If you look in your rooms or in your attics, you will probably find it, a poster of that incredible Juve. That Juve who, with him to seal the most important goals, from 1981 to 1985, literally won everything. In Juve, Paul reborn, leaving the difficulties behind and becoming what Italy celebrated then, in that hot summer of 1982 in the squares and fountains of all cities.
Bianconero (in the youth teams, with 3 appearances in the Italian Cup) already from 1973 to 1975, the “real” adventure of Juventus begins again in 1981, although inevitably, that season sees him on the field only 3 times in Serie A. Three times, however, are enough to develop in him (and in Mister Bearzot) that vision that will lead him to Spain, to become the protagonist with incredible goals in incredible matches and to return home with a World Cup that no one will ever forget. And at the end of 1982, it will allow him to show everyone the trophy of the strongest footballer on the planet, the Ballon d’Or. Goals scored in every way: head, robbery, with sudden insertions.
Why Paul scored in every way, affirming his particular physique. “Watch out for Rossi,” said the goalkeeper, and when you, the defender, turned around, he had already scored.
Forty-four, in total, in their wonderful Juventus stage: goals thanks to which Pablito and Juve in those seasons took home two Scudetti, an Italian Cup and three European laurels, the Recopa, the European Super Cup and the Champions Cup.
There is everything Paolo, in that goal at Manchester United that earned him the 1984 Cup Winners’ Cup final. One by one in Manchester, in the 90 ‘we are one by one in Turin: Paolo runs faster than everyone on a shot that bounces off Scirea, who had kicked from the edge. The ball is not loose, it is there for him. He calls it. And it’s there: it coldly hits goalkeeper Bailey, and the rest is exaltation. It is joy.
If you have found that poster of that magnificent Juve, open it and say hello to that boy with the nine on his shoulder. Because few are born like him.
Hello, Pablito ”.
OMNISPORT | 12-10-2020 10:08
