"Our first match of the national team was wonderful and we saw a well-cohesive and compact group. I think we are missing Baggio, Totti, Del Piero. The champion who solves your problems suddenly. to this lack because they all play good football. Mancini was good. I think Italy will certainly do well, I don't know if they will win the European Championship because it is not easy, but this European could be a good encouragement for the next World Cup. " Marco Tardelli said this in answering the questions of the ANSA director Luigi Contu at the presentation of the photographic exhibition 'There was a turning point' which tells how we have changed and how Italy has changed through 75 years of ANSA images, which you can see from 15 to 4 July at the Maxxi museum in Rome.At the presentation the managing director of ANSA Stefano De Alessandri, Anna Fendi and the journalist and writer Filippo Ceccarelli.
On display is a photo of Totti taking a selfie after a goal. How has football changed? "Totti has always had great imagination. The world of football has changed a lot. He has lost some soul, it has become a great business but it is still a great game and it is going on with great problems," said Tardelli, replying to Contu.
A memory of the beginning? "All bitter memories when I started playing. They are beautiful memories because I have always played football, my passion, but I was rejected by many and this made me want to continue because I had a thin body. There was an anecdote. that I had been bought by Pisa for 70 thousand lire ".
The player seen on the pitch who impressed you the most? "Maradona, the strongest player I've ever met. He had an incredible imagination," said Tardelli.
