1978–1986: The third World Cup generation Italy national football team



italy s line up, before match against france in group stage game @ 1978 fifa world cup @ estadio josé maría minella (mar del plata, argentina – 2 june 1978)


in 1978 fifa world cup in argentina, new generation of italian players, famous being paolo rossi, came international stage. italy team in tournament beat eventual champions , host team argentina. second-round games against west germany (0–0), austria (1–0) , netherlands (1–2) led italy third-place final, team defeated brazil 2–1. in match eliminated italy tournament against netherlands, italian goalkeeper dino zoff beaten long-distance shot arie haan, , zoff criticized defeat. italy hosted 1980 uefa european football championship, first edition held between 8 teams instead of four, automatically qualifying finals hosts. after 2 draws spain , belgium , narrow 1–0 win on england, italy beaten czechoslovakia in third-place match on penalties 9–8 after fulvio collovati missed kick.



italy s starting line-up, before match against argentina in group stage game @ 1982 fifa world cup.



one of remembered pictures of 1982 fifa world cup, italian president sandro pertini playing scopone dino zoff, franco causio , coach bearzot.


after scandal in serie national team players such paolo rossi prosecuted , suspended match fixing , illegal betting. azzurri qualified second round of 1982 world cup after 3 uninspiring draws against poland, peru , cameroon. having been loudly criticized, italian team decided on press black-out on, coach enzo bearzot , captain dino zoff appointed speak press.


italy s regrouped in second round group, group of death argentina , brazil. in opener, italy prevailed 2–1 on argentina, italy s goals, both left-footed strikes, scored marco tardelli , antonio cabrini. after brazil defeated argentina 3–1, italy needed win in order advance semi-finals. twice italy went in lead paolo rossi s goals, , twice brazil came back. when falcão scored make 2–2, brazil have been through on goal difference, in 74th minute rossi scored winning goal, hat-trick, in crowded penalty area send italy semifinals after 1 of greatest games in world cup history. italy progressed semi final defeated poland 2 goals rossi.


in final, italy met west germany, had advanced penalty shootout victory against france. first half ended scoreless, after antonio cabrini missed penalty awarded hans-peter briegel foul on bruno conti. in second half paolo rossi again scored first goal, , while germans pushing forward in search of equaliser, marco tardelli , substitute alessandro altobelli finalised 2 contropiede counterattacks make 3–0. paul breitner scored home west germany s consolation goal 7 minutes end.


tardelli s cry, gol! gol! 1 of defining images of italy s 1982 world cup triumph. paolo rossi won golden boot 6 goals golden ball award best player of tournament, , 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper dino zoff became oldest player win world cup.


however, italy failed qualify 1984 european championship. italy entered reigning champions in 1986 world cup eliminated reigning european champions, france, in round of 16.








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