Italy woke up this morning with terrible news of world sport.
Paolo Rossi, the striker who in 1982 led the Italian national team to win the Spanish World Cup, died today at the age of 64, batting lung cancer.
Rossi was born in Prato, Tuscany in 1956. Su football career began at age 20, when he joined Vicenza’s Serie B team and began showing off his exclusive goalscorer talent in the world of football.
A fast and elusive striker, Rossi had a murderous intuition when he went on to turn the occasions into goals and was known for his ability to be in the right position at the right time.
“He lived to score goals,” is a common word used among football experts in Italy to describe Rossi’s taste for the game.
Before the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Rossi had to spend a very confusing period.
He endured a two-year suspension for alleged participation in match-cing and was forced to miss all competitions until April 1982. On his return, he played three Serie A matches before leaving that summer with the Italian national team to participate. .
Despite the absence of competitive matches for two years, Rossi’s physique and preparation proved impeccable at the World Cup in Spain.
Rossi scored six goals, which led Italy to outperform his opponents, the main being the Brazil national team with his star player Zico. Rossi helped Italy defeat other notable rivals, such as Diego Armando Maradona’s Argentina, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s West Germany and Zbigniew Boniek’s Poland.
“At this point we beat everyone, we no longer know who to beat,” Rossi joked in an interview with Rai after the World Cup final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.
Rossi, nicknamed “Pablito” for his memorable performances in Spain, has become the first player in football history to mix 3 notable achievements in a year: he won the FIFA World Cup, the most sensible scorer in the FIFA World Cup and won the Ballon d’Or. This record would equal, 20 years later, through Brazilian Ronaldo.
At club level, Rossi has played in Como, Vicenza, Perugia and Juventus. With the Bianconeri he won two Scudettis, a European Cup (the UEFA Champions League), a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and a UEFA Super Cup. the last years of his career at AC Milan and Hellas Verona.
At the age of 31, Rossi retired from football due to repeated knee injuries. He would continue to be concerned in the world of football as an expert and analyst of the main sports broadcast channels in Italy.
This morning, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte remembered Rossi with a tweet.
“In the summer of 1982, with his goals, he (Rossi) presented a dream to entire generations. It was the symbol of the national team (of Italy) and of a united and tenacious Italy, capable of beating high caliber rivals. , Paolo Rossi, unforgettable champion. Italy loves you fondly, ” tweeted Conte.
The cause of death was a lung disease that Rossi had kept under the radar of public opinion. This morning, several of Rossi’s former businessmen said on national television that they were unaware of the severity of Rossi’s illness.
Rossi’s preference for living a quiet and quiet life exemplary of the user himself: a general guy who believed he could do wonderful things through determination and commitment.
In his 2002 biography, Rossi sought to leave an undeniable but harsh message to the next generations of footballers: he told them that willpower can go so far as to turn an average player into a national sporting hero, just as happened to him.
“A normal guy can succeed,” Rossi wrote.
Italian clubs Milan, Naples and Rome will honor Rossi’s reminiscence tonight through the game with a black bracelet on the last day of the UEFA Europa League organizational stage.
On Saturday morning, Vicenza Cathedral will host Rossi’s funeral.
I am from Riva Del Garda, Italy, graduated from Duke University and am a professional footballer with North Carolina FC in the United States. When I’m training, I write reports
I am from Riva Del Garda, Italy, graduated from Duke University and am a professional footballer from North Carolina FC in the United States. A podcast and sometimes I offer full-color observations in PLA and Serie A matches. I also like Stay on the blog of a team in which I introduce the professional players of NCFC and NC Courage. As calcium and fantasy, passionate, I would not be faithful to myself if I did not wake up at 6 a. m. every Sunday to attend the start of the Serie A match.