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Today we finally understood why Italy won the 1982 World Cup. The heartbreaking image of Marco Tardelli and Antonio Cabrini, aged and distressed, carrying the coffin of Paolo Rossi; the story of players who had never been their teammates in a club, and who had been taken away from their place in the national team, such as Ciccio Graziani and Sandro Altobelli; the words of the champions who came after, from Paul Maldini – he was my hero – Roberto Baggio: Rossi gave the World Cup to the Italians, which I couldn’t. They basically all say the same thing: the 1982 team was a real team; ed it was a group of friends. (Anyone who has seen how someone called up for the 2010 Brazilian withdrawal performed could have easily deduced that Italy would not have won the World Cup.)
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Paolo Rossi, the funeral in the Cathedral of Vicenza
Rivalry is part of the sport. In a team sport like soccer rivalry usually shares, especially when there is no recognized leader; but sometimes it can merge. The Italy of 1982 united behind two silent Friulians, Enzo Bearzot and Dino Zoff. He had, according to tradition, a formidable defense; but then it took someone to put it up. It is not surprising that yesterday wonderful champions like Fulvio Collovati and Beppe Bergomi They repeated it: Paolo Rossi made us win the World Cup. Much more has been said about Maradona, it is true. Why Maradona, a huge footballer, was a divisive man, loved and hated, blessed and cursed. Hating Paolo Rossi was impossible, perhaps even for the Brazilian taxi driver who leaves it on foot. Every Italian has heard himself called by name, paolorossi, at least once in his life, in many countries and for many summers. Therefore, if it is true that at each funeral everyone also mourns their own death, at the funeral of Paolo Rossi not just 82 boys, but we too have lost someone and something: a loved one and a part of ourselves.
December 12, 2020 (change December 12, 2020 | 4:25 PM)
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