“Tardelli's scream is above everything else, it is a work of art of sublime beauty, and I told him when I met him.”
Yet Fabio Grosso is also famous for a liberating scream, or rather two, on the World Cup 2006: “Maybe even three, there is a more hidden against Australia,” he reminded himself of Il Giornale, “when Neill brought me down in the penalty area at the last minute.”
With good memories, Grosso now coaches Sassuolo, who prepares to compete in the Serie A: “After being promoted as favorites, far from a given. But it's the right step. Nowadays I ask my players what the owners and management ask me: to keep dreaming.” The debut will be a tough fight against Napoli, the Italian champions: “They are strong, but we know our quality.”
In the last few days another hero from 2006, Gennaro Gattuso, as part of his training camp tour, came to visit Sassuolo: “He is a great man and a friend,” said Grosso. “I am sure he will give it all. It is important to start over and come back what we have always been.” The two are part of Lippi's “School”, which has produced different coaches among the players of that national team: “I have had my disappointments and my satisfaction. Everything is the result of hard work, and also of more or less happy situations.”