"
World champions, world champions, world champions!
".
With these three words repeated as many times
Nando Martellini
kicked off the celebrations for
Italy's victory in the 82nd World Cup.
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Pablito's goals and Tardelli's scream: the best victory ©
And the echo reaches today, the 40th anniversary of the Mundial.
A national team, that of Bearzot, as iconic as the victory, remained in the hearts of the fans and which is now celebrated as the most delightful of memories, exactly 40 years after the triumph in Spain against West Germany.
There are already many events underway such as a
Modena, where the exhibition of that historic success is staged at the Museo della Figurina since 18 June.
Or in Sonnino, Altobelli's hometown, where yesterday the president of the FIGC,
Gabriele Gravina
, was also present for the initiative "11 July 1982 - 11 July 2022: 40 years as World Champions".
But it doesn't stop there.
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The Federcalcio will exhibit the world cup won 40 years ago in the portico of its headquarters in Rome in Via Allegri from 9 to 18 to allow all fans to relive that magical month.
A video memory of President Gravina will also be published on the FIGC website and virtual reality will be inaugurated in Coverciano in the Football Museum to relive all the emotions of the Bernabeu final.
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The scream of Tardelli, the goals of Rossi and Altobelli will have their own special place also on the small and big screen.
In fact, on Monday 11 July, Sky channel 202 will become "Sky Sport Calcio - ITALIA MUNDIAL 1982-2022" with a program entirely dedicated to winning the World Cup in Spain, while in the evening Rai 1 will broadcast in prime time and first viewing " The journey of the heroes ", directed by Manlio Castagna.
At the same time at the MAXXI in Rome there will be the presentation of the docufilm "ITALIA 1982" in the presence of many of the protagonists of a success that did not represent only a sporting victory, but that changed the face of the country of those years.
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