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How long does a moment last? On July 11, 1982 many of us were still not there, but everyone knows that that day, at the Santiago Bernabéu, a totally Italian, secular miracle took place. Azzurro di gloria, in Spanish: World, for us, it means only one thing, that’s 1982. World Champions.
And then Pablito, as Enzo Bearzot renamed him. For everyone: fans of Inter, AC Milan, Juventus. Paolo Rossi, the man who destroyed the Seleçao of Zico, Socrates and Falcao. The hat-trick in Sarrià, Italy-Brazil 3-2. And then Italy-Poland, two more goals. Finally Italy-Germany, its seal to open, Spillo’s to close. Nando Martellini’s voice to articulate: World Champions, World Champions, World Champions. “July 11 is the birthday of all Italians,” Pablito always said. The Ballon d’Or, the third Italian after Sivori and Rivera to win it, the right prize for a unique and unrepeatable company in history.
Juventus, Como, Lanerossi Vicenza, Perugia, Milan and Verona their teams. Fast-thinking forward with a scoring nose: a dancer, but ruthless.
Paolo Rossi left us at 64. Precisely on December 9 was the anniversary of his double against Inter. It was 1979, Inter 3-2 Perugia: two goals from Rossi, a header, opportunism and intuition. Beppe Viola, when recounting that encounter, defined it as “from another category”. He scored twice more, in a 1985 derby that ended 2-2.
We greet him like this, with the photo of that Perugia-Inter taken three years before Pablito transformed July 11 into the birthday of all Italians.
FC Internazionale Milano, together with fans from all over the world, express condolences on the death of Paolo Rossi and, remembering him, embrace his family.
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