"La Forza Italia" cover title, then the entire issue of
L'Equipe Magazine,
on newsstands, dedicated to the victories of the golden year of Italian sport, from Europeans to medals in Tokyo: it is the homage of the French sports magazine that this week elects
Roberto Mancini, Marcell Jacobs, Federica Pellegrini
and the other protagonists of the blue 2021
as true heroes
.
At the beginning, the editorial entitled
'The neighbors' party'
: "The moral of this beautiful story that lasts a little longer than a summer - we read - is that you can triumph even when at first they dress completely different that the role of the hero, that you have to give it your all even when things go badly. But also that in terms of collective joy and balm to soothe pain, nothing better than sport has been invented since the world has existed ". 2021 "al dente", as L'Equipe Magazine defines it,
almost jokingly opens with rugby, and the article "Veni, vidi, perdi!"
, then with the unexciting moment of cycling: "Coppi ... it's over".
Then, the crowd with the tricolors in Piazza Venezia after the victory at the European Championships: the title "National Day", with the six-page interview with
Roberto Mancini
. The coach explains that he told his boys "to play quietly, that we would try to propose an offensive, attractive game that the fans could like, because we had to win back the people. A game that they could also like. I said and repeated that the important thing was to have fun on the pitch, to feel pleasure. And so it was ".
As for the challenge of not staying out of the World Cup in Qatar, Mancini repeats: "We dominated the two games against Switzerland and we didn't win even one. Too bad, but that's the way it went, now we'll roll up our sleeves and start thinking about that. what happens. We know we have the qualities to win, and we will win. "
This is followed by an interview with
Marcell Jacobs
, who retraces the stages of his life together with those of the climb to Olympic gold, then a report on "San Marino, the other Italy that triumphs".
"After the announcement of the retirement, I swim a little lighter" is the title that
Federica Pellegrini's
words
give to the interview dedicated to her.
Long piece also for the cycling champion Elisa Balsamo, and - in the Special Italy - a reportage from the stands of a Venice match.