For 40 days in Italy, 40 years have been celebrated (an interview, an image, many sighs) since the victory of the 1982 World Cup, which in reality technically occurs on 11 July.
In terms of duration, this long approach is a liturgy superior to that of Advent, and - always keeping the precincts of the sacred and the profane distinct - it is right to remember that something miraculous really happened on the evening in which Nando Martellini announced urbi et orbi "World champions", repeating it three times for assonance with the titles won at that time by the national team.
The Italy of football in fact pushed the whole country to archive in 13 days, an incredibly short time, the Years of Lead that had seemed to last an eternity: and to become a happy country, maybe a little
artificially (in fact immediately after came the prozac of the hedonism of that decade), but happy.
We went out a little in the evening, before that summer 40 years ago: and when we did we looked around cautiously, a combined effect of terrorism, crime, social unease.
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Certainly in 1982 the conditions had changed, the sociologists will explain, but it is indisputable that the signal was finally given in color on everyone's screens, 22 boys and their coach with a pipe: the Italians picked it up at home.
The time of some overwhelming play and Maradona became us, Brazil became us.
More generally: we became the champions.
Not only Bearzot, Zoff, the unforgettable Paolo Rossi and Scirea, but 56 million heroes of everyday life ready to cheer, hate and love.
And in fact the newspaper that on 12 July, after the final, headlined "Eroici", Il Corriere dello Sport, achieved the national sales record for a newspaper: one million and 695 thousand copies.
The party only sketched in the 1970 World Cup, that of Italy-Germany 4-3,
thus it became a two-week long bacchanal.
Four games of dreams and surprises that transformed the blue darkness of Italy-Cameroon into the brilliant one of the final.
From 29 June, when after an elimination round full of draws and shadows, overcome only thanks to the goal difference, the blues became the winning team by sending Argentina to the bottom, to 11 July, when in the final they humiliate West Germany, and in the stands Pertini almost comes down from the barriers to celebrate the goals of Paolo Rossi, Tardelli and Altobelli.
The president of the republic is ruled by King Juan Carlos: he too laughs and rejoices, who was born in Rome.
when after an elimination round full of draws and shadows, overcome only thanks to the goal difference, the blues became the winning team, sending Argentina to the bottom, on 11 July, when in the final they humiliated West Germany, and in the stands almost Pertini comes down from the barriers to celebrate the goals of Paolo Rossi, Tardelli and Altobelli.
The president of the republic is ruled by King Juan Carlos: he too laughs and rejoices, who was born in Rome.
when after an elimination round full of draws and shadows, overcome only thanks to the goal difference, the blues became the winning team, sending Argentina to the bottom, on 11 July, when in the final they humiliated West Germany, and in the stands almost Pertini comes down from the barriers to celebrate the goals of Paolo Rossi, Tardelli and Altobelli.
The president of the republic is ruled by King Juan Carlos: he too laughs and rejoices, who was born in Rome.
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The 100,000 of the Bernabeu laugh and go mad with joy, while all of Italy pours into the streets.
It is the right epilogue of an extraordinary sporting feat: because the Azzurri, who had also left accompanied by general skepticism (in some cases by insults: to one of these, addressed to him at the airport by a fan of the excluded Beccalossi, ct replied with a slap), disputing a world of nerves and emotions, but they win by deserving.
The common thread is the press blackout, a Machiavellian response to journalistic criticism: only Zoff speaks, so in practice the silence is deafening.
But then the emotions take over: surprises and goals, very many for a team that seemed to struggle to make them.
After the dull draws with Poland, Peru 'and Cameroon, there is
a minigirone with Argentina and Brazil: Bearzot's critics are preparing to destroy the irascible gentleman coach, who can think of killing Maradona and his companions and the stellar Brazil of Zico and Falcao in one fell swoop?
And instead the condition grows and the morale as well, Gentile tears shirts and balls from Maradona and Zico, Tardelli and Cabrini score with Argentina substituting for the last time Paolo Rossi, impalpable.
The one with Brazil for Pablito becomes the last chance: he exploits it as a champion.
A hat-trick, Selecao at home, the Azzurri in the semifinals.
Where there is Poland, but without the suspended Boniek: another double from Rossi, and the final against Germany.
Graziani is hurt immediately, Cabrini kicks off a penalty that Bruno Conti had obtained: all of Italy cursing the Juventus full-back,
only one takes it the right way.
It's Bearzot, who in the interval threatens to slap him if he doesn't shake.
The shock effect works: Cabrini recovers, Rossi scores his sixth goal, Tardelli, served by the sidereal Scirea, doubles with a shout, Spillo Altobelli punches the German goal for the third time: Breitner's goal in the final match and ' useless.
The displays celebrate Pablito 'hombre del partido' and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
that in the interval threatens to slap him if he doesn't shake.
The shock effect works: Cabrini recovers, Rossi scores his sixth goal, Tardelli, served by the sidereal Scirea, doubles with a shout, Spillo Altobelli punches the German goal for the third time: Breitner's goal in the final match and ' useless.
The displays celebrate Pablito 'hombre del partido' and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
that in the interval threatens to slap him if he doesn't shake.
The shock effect works: Cabrini recovers, Rossi scores his sixth goal, Tardelli, served by the sidereal Scirea, doubles with a shout, Spillo Altobelli punches the German goal for the third time: Breitner's goal in the final match and ' useless.
The displays celebrate Pablito 'hombre del partido' and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
Rossi scores his sixth goal, Tardelli, served by the sidereal Scirea, doubles with a shout, Spillo Altobelli punches the German goal for the third time: Breitner's goal in the final match is useless.
The displays celebrate Pablito 'hombre del partido' and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
Rossi scores his sixth goal, Tardelli, served by the sidereal Scirea, doubles with a shout, Spillo Altobelli punches the German goal for the third time: Breitner's goal in the final match is useless.
The displays celebrate Pablito 'hombre del partido' and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
hombre del partido 'and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
hombre del partido 'and top scorer, Zoff raises the cup, on the return plane he plays cards with Pertini, Bearzot and Causio and ends up on a celebratory stamp designed by Guttuso.
"It only lasts a moment, the glory," he will say.
His only mistake in that world championship: it's not true, the glory lasts at least 40 years.
And Dino and his brothers are proof of this.
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