Humberto Biondi, the journalist who revealed it to the world, died – Corriere.it

How mocking fate can be. Enough to leave everyone a little stunned. Especially in Argentina. Because six days after the death of Diego Armando Maradona – which occurred on Wednesday, November 25 in Tigre under circumstances yet to be clarified – the news arrived. of the death, at age 80, of Humberto “Tito” Biondi, the famous journalist who was the first to interview the Pibe de Oro, still a child.

Everything is witnessed in a beautiful video, in black and white, that these days has been broadcast in all corners of the planet to pay tribute to the best footballer in history. We see Maradona very young Maradona haggling and showing his immense qualities and then he says to the interviewer: “I have two dreams. The first is to play a World Cup, the second is to win it. Diego realized his first dream playing in Spain 82 (eliminated by Italy in the second group stage, it is that of the suffocating and legendary Gentile marking) and the second when he won the title in Mexico 86, in the 3-2 cut to Germany Occidental on June 29 at the Azteca Stadium.

Of what has leaked Biondi died of cancer. In addition to having worked for various newspapers, he has commented on the World Cup matches in Italy 90 for the television network ATC (Argentina Televisora ​​Color). In that World Cup, Argentina, always led by Maradona, had the second consecutive success, but after eliminating Azeglio Vicini’s Italy on penalties in San Paolo, Albiceleste surrendered only in the final to Brehme’s penalty in the rematch against Germany western. It was 1-0 at the Olimpico in Rome on July 8, 1990: a sad day that Diego had never forgotten.