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Goodbye to another piece of football history. A few days after the death of Diego Armando Maradona, the news of the death of the terrorist Paolo Rossi arrived on the night between Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 December.
Goodbye to another piece of football history. A few days after the death of Diego Armando Maradona, on the night of Wednesday 9 to Thursday 10 December, the news of the death of Paolo Rossi, the terrorist par excellence, the gentle and timid hero of Italy, was known who, in 1982 , exploded. squared by winning his third World Cup in Spain. Born in Prato on September 23, 1956, Rossi, injured by an incurable disease at the age of 64, made himself known to the general public with the Vicenza de Fabbri, established himself in Perugia as the first t-shirt sponsor and became in “Pablito” in the summer of 1982., two years after his move to Juventus. It was not easy for the Tuscan forward to return to the courts, after losing the 1980 Euro Cup at home to a two-year ban for an alleged Avellino-Perugia match, in which he scored a double. Rossi returned just in time to take the place of Roma player Roberto Pruzzo, who finished the season as top scorer, and to take the hand of Enzo Bearzot’s national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
After a first phase that was certainly not exciting, Rossi magically transformed into Pablito, scoring three goals against Brazil from phenomena Zico and Falcao, two in the semifinals against Poland from Boniek and one, the first, in the game for the title at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeù with Rummenigge’s West Germany, won by the Azzurri 3-1 under the happy gaze of the President of the Republic Sandro Pertini. An incredible ride for an attacker defined as “steal” by a sense of goal that has had very few rivals over time. Together with Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, Rossi still holds the Italian record for goals in a world championship with 9 goals, and was the first player (equaled only by Ronaldo, the green-gold) to win the World Cup in the same year, along with the maximum title. scorer, and the ball. gold.
Rossi also collects trophies in the black and white jersey, putting two league titles on the notice board, an Italian Cup, a Recopa, a UEFA Super Cup and, last but not least, the Champions League. 1984-1985.
Later he moved to Milan and Verona, where at age 31, and after a long series of injuries and knee problems, he said goodbye to his competitive career. Rossi is ranked 42nd in the magazine’s special ranking of the best players of the 20th century.in World Soccer and in 2004 he was included in the Fifa 100, a list of the 125 best living players, selected by Pelé and FIFA on the occasion of the federation’s centenary.
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