An exciting evening of football and nostalgia was held last night (Thursday) at the Haifa City Museum, to mark the 40th anniversary of the World Cup that some define as "the greatest of all time", the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
The evening, hosted by Nadav Yaakovi, opens with an entertaining conversation with Yoram Arbel and Uri Levy.
Arbel, then 40, was able to broadcast the great game between Brazil and Italy with the Lebanon war in the background, of course: "Now in the Lebanese mud and you are complaining about the hotel? 'What mud is there in June in Lebanon? At the end I said we feel threatened by security, so we were transferred to a hotel."
Moshe Ben Simhon
Uri Levy said that he returned directly from Madrid to Beirut for a long reserve service.
Eran Riklis, the film director who directed the film "Cup Final", which connects the happiest event in the world with the saddest one, added to this Israeli connection between the war and football.
The film, by the way, still stands the test of time.
The big stars of the event from the side of the field were the legendary referee Avraham Klein (already 88 years old and looks refereeing, probably for the National League in Israel) who refereed the big game in which he saw without the VAR system Dino Zoff's legendary knockout even though the whole world was sure it was Brazil's goal , Klein ruled and was right that the ball did not cross the line.
Abraham Klein.
See the legendary repulse of Zoff, Photo: Maor Elkelsi
This week, Klein said, the two met and both thanked each other for that repulse but also for the judging decision.
'In the final I was Kwon and then they announced that if there is a draw in the final there are no penalties there is a replay.
In the locker room I turned to my colleagues and told them to make sure he ended in a draw, so that I too could judge the final, but that did not help me. '
Told with a smile.
Antonio Cabrini.
"The greatest game of his career", Photo: Maor Elkelsi
Last came the mighty defender of that team, Antonio Cabrini.
The enthusiasm received by Juventus fans in the crowd surprised even him: 'We knew it was the big moment of our careers and in the locker room we knew we were going to take this trophy.
Even after I missed the penalty, for my friends it did not change anything, in front of the Germans there was no doubt in the locker room that we are favorites, the fact that we are talking about this tournament to this day. "
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