How many people have silenced Maracaná Stadium in Rio de Janeiro? The Uruguayan Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia He said that only three: the pope, Frank Sinatra And he.
With his goal, Celeste sealed 1-2 comeback in front of Brazil And on July 16, 1950 he wrote one of the most important pages in football history by completing ‘Maracanazo’.
It is against nearly 200,000 people in a party who leaves the consequences of all kinds in both countries and leads to Pelé To admit that day he saw his father crying for the first time. Shouted Todo Brazil.
“Your father beat the Brazilians”
Arcadio Ghiggia He was young when his family returned from Italy, where he was born. Between 1954 and 1962 Alcides defended the colors of Rome and Milan.
“Your father defeated the Brazilians!” His classmates told him where he continued his studies when he arrived in the country in South America. He didn’t understand.
“I don’t know what a world cup is, or that is Maracaná. When I got home I talked to Mom, she smiled at me and said: Talk to her with your father to explain better, “Arcadio recalled in an EFE agency interview.
“It’s a football game where I made a goal and won,” the hero of ‘Maracanazo’ And he said nothing. Over time he spoke more about that subject to his father, whom he defined as a veryjovial, very human -hearted and very loving person.
Arcadio assures that the son of Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia It’s easy on the one hand: “You brought it as a banner and a pride for the father who had on the sport and also on the family part (…) I didn’t take it as a weight, on the contrary, proud to be the son of who a world football legend of the world.”
However, the son of Ghiggia Identify how difficult situations are as – for example – when both sport is carried out and comparisons appear immediately. His father, the hero of ‘Maracanazo’, He died in Montevideo on July 16, 2015, 10 years ago, the same day 65 of the work was fulfilled
Schiaffino’s book
Before Ghiggia returns to 79 minutes, Juan Alberto Schiaffino He won the tie for Uruguay at 66 hours. On some occasions, the player acknowledged that he did not want to put the ball to the place where he came in, but he wanted to finish the other post.
Raúl Schiaffino, His nephew, he heard that the anecdote was many times and indicated in an interview with the EFE agency that his uncle was a man who was “very honest and very attached to reality.” He also remembers it as a very method, well, punctual and systematic people.
Recognize that being a relative -child of one of the heroes of ‘Maracanazo’ It was some time “very difficult” and remember that when I was young and playing football I felt the pressure of all the people who knew who it was. “I didn’t play bad, but I didn’t even stand up. I felt that pressure and avoided many times to play football,” he said Raúl Schiaffino. He also remembers that he was so small when Juan Alberto He returned from Italy, where during 1954-1962 he defended Milan and Rome.
“Until the time passed I realized the size of what was ‘Maracanazo’ And what was his career, ”he said RaúlThat a child thought his uncle would be famous thanks to a book he was writing.
Juan Alberto He started working on that manuscript after the end of his career as a putboler and ended an early in 1974. He then added the review of the various World Cups played and reached one played in Spain in 1982.
Na -published only in 2024, the book ‘Schiaffino’s memory’ It counts some details of the 1950 World Cup and the last game of that contest.
A ‘Maracanazo’
Excessive volume Arcadio Ghiggia number Raúl Schiaffino They have no doubt in ensuring that ‘Maracanazo’ This is more than just a football match. In Uruguay, the term is passing through that sport.
Arcardio He found out to his father that it was “impossible to do his best.” He added that what happened 75 years ago was “the miracle came true.”
Raúl Make sure Maracaná It means a lot. “Maracaná It’s synonymous with what you can work with as a team and having a wonderful attitude like each of the players, “he said.
And he added: “It has become a verb. We have adopted it in that way and I think it is more than what the Uruguayan society is. All over the world they know what ‘Maracanazo’ “.
Source: La Verdad
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