(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 05 – Private life, the beginnings, the three goals against Brazil: Paolo Rossi, the hero of Mundial 82, is told in an exhibition exhibited at the Salone d’Onore del Coni 40 years after the historian success of Italy was born from the collaboration between the Paolo Rossi Foundation and World Camp International. “The exhibition is something special, unique and moving – opens the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò – It makes us think that already in 1982 there was some dispute between politics and the world of sport, with politics only approaching in moment of victory after even asking for the national team to withdraw. Bearzot has made a historic feat that has been able to unite an entire country. Italy and sport must be proud of this story “. “I miss Paolo a lot, we were more than just friends. When I heard him, my day improved, he was always ready to joke” says Marco Tardelli. Before the intervention of Gabriele Gravina, however, it is the moment of Abraham Klein, referee of Italy-Brazil, who as 40 years ago on the same day and at the same time, started the exhibition with the original whistle brought for the opportunity from Zurich thanks to the collaboration of the FIFA Museum. In short, endless emotions, as the president of the FIGC also tells us because in “1982 we were in the square celebrating many protagonists of that extraordinary adventure, for me they represented an important point of reference”. On the exhibition he has no doubts: “It is a hymn to love, to family, to children, to football which is a fundamental part of our life, it does not exhaust it, but completes it”. The exhibition ‘A golden boy, Paolo Rossi’ will be open every day from 6 to 12 July at the Salone d’Onore del Coni from 10 to 17 with free admission, where you can relive through photographs, memorabilia, interviews and the virtual reality who was Paolo Rossi. “I am excited – concludes his wife Federica Cappelletti – Since Paolo passed away, it has been a continuous pursuit of these initiatives to keep him alive. I think he deserves all the esteem of those present and of all those people who in the last two years have continued to show affection “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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