History of the World Cup

Paolo Rossi.. the story of a man who made the Brazilians cry

Rossi scored a historic "hat-trick" against Brazil in 1982. From the source

The late Italian football star Paolo Rossi presented one of the most inspiring stories in the history of the World Cup, when he rose from the “bottom” to the highest levels of football glory, and led his country to crowning the World Cup in the World Cup Spain 1982. After being absent due to a two-year suspension for his involvement in a manipulation scandal With a number of Italian league players in the first and second divisions in the “Totonero” scandal, he returned and participated and starred in a fateful match for his Juventus team in the Italian league against Udinese a month before the start of the World Cup, which was a reason to persuade Italian coach Enzo Bizot to bet on him in the World Cup Spain, which What did not disappoint the aspirations.

During which Rossi won the top scorer title with six goals, and snatched the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards.

Despite the faltering start in the World Cup, and being subjected to a sharp attack from the Italian public, where they qualified with three draws, Rossi soon managed to silence all his critics, and scored a historic hat-trick against Brazil in the second round, which ended the dream of “samba”, and made his fans cry, and later Rossi titled his career. Self-proclaimed “I made Brazil cry” to be a witness to his historical achievement in eliminating legends the size of Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Eder and others.

After that, Rossi starred and led Italy to beat Poland in the semi-finals, scoring two goals, then they defeated Germany in the final 3-1, from which Rossi scored a goal. 

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