While the drama following the unexpected defeat at the debut of Qatar 2022 against Saudi Arabia was taking place on Argentine televisions, in the Italian morning viewers tuned to Rai 2 discovered a new "talent" in Andrea Stramaccioni.
At the Lusail Stadium, the first match of the third day of the Autumn World Cup, which was supposed to be a catwalk for Leo Messi's Argentina, who scored from a penalty after a few minutes and then overturned by Saudi Arabia, turned into a of the most incredible surprises in the long history of the football World Cup.
In Argentina, sports and non-sports broadcasts were marred by tears of despair over the Albiceleste's misstep.
And, as if that weren't enough, in the rest of the world, the sites immediately went online
the images of Saudi fans, all dressed in green, who made fun of "La Pulce" by imitating Cr7's exultation.
In Italy, for Rai, Argentina-Saudi Arabia, the commentator Dario De Gennaro and precisely Stramaccioni, the coach chosen by Italian public television as "second voice" told it.
A few minutes and the hashtag #Stramaccioni has "risen" inexorably.
Social media users didn't miss how much Stramaccioni was "in the game", almost as if he were experiencing Argentina-Saudi Arabia on one of the two benches.
Indeed, on that of the Saudis, given the knowledge shown by the Italian training coach who created the first real shock of this strange world championship.
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So why does Rai broadcast the 64 matches of Qatar 2022?
"We questioned ourselves for a long time but then we thought that the World Cup belongs to everyone and not to the privileged few, like the many sporting events that Rai has always brought to our homes, because this is the nobility of the public service".
So why does Rai broadcast the 64 matches of Qatar 2022?
"We questioned ourselves for a long time but then we thought that the World Cup belongs to everyone and not to the privileged few, like the many sporting events that Rai has always brought to our homes, because this is the nobility of the public service".