The Italian footballer Sandro Mazzola was a supremely gifted forward who won two European Cups and four Serie A titles during 17 years with his only club, Internazionale of Milan.
When Sandro emerged from that incident to win his first European Cup in 1964, defeating the five-times champions Real Madrid 3-1 in the final, he scored two of Internazionale’s goals.
A year later, during a visit by the Internazionale squad to the famous Capuchin friar Padre Pio at the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo in south-east Italy, Mazzola stayed behind for a personal audience with the priest.
Mazzola won 70 international caps, scoring 22 goals, to Rivera’s figures of 60 and 14.
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The Italian footballer Sandro Mazzola was a supremely gifted forward who won two European Cups and four Serie A titles during 17 years with his only club, Internazionale of Milan.
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Footballer who won two European Cups with Internazionale and a World Cup runners-up medal with Italy.
The Italian footballer Sandro Mazzola was a supremely gifted forward who won two European Cups and four Serie A titles during 17 years with his only club, Internazionale of Milan. With Italy’s national side he won the European Championship in 1968 and played in the 4-1 defeat by Pelé ’s Brazil in the final of the 1970 World Cup.
The demise of Il Grande Torino, as they were known, traumatized the nation.
When Sandro emerged from that incident to win his first European Cup in 1964, defeating the five-times champions Real Madrid 3-1 in the final, he scored two of Internazionale’s goals. In a recent interview he recalled that afterwards the Argentinian forward Alfredo Di Stefano, the greatest of Madrid’s stars, gave him his shirt while telling him: “You are worthy of your father.”
A year later, during a visit by the Internazionale squad to the famous Capuchin friar Padre Pio at the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo in south-east Italy, Mazzola stayed behind for a personal audience with the priest.
Born in Turin, Sandro found his early life complicated by his father’s separation from his mother, Emilia, three years before the fatal plane crash.
Valcareggi delayed the switch and his team were already 3-1 down when, with only six minutes of the 90 remaining, Rivera was allowed to take Mazzola’s place, with no time to make an impact.
Mazzola won 70 international caps, scoring 22 goals, to Rivera’s figures of 60 and 14.
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