Until the mid-90's, who was Robbiano Vercelli Stadium to attend the meetings of the home team, noble rundown of Italian football I could have crossed their steps with a distinguished ochentón with insurance face and eyes full of exciting memories. Silvio Piola loved presented in their field as a spectator any football every Sunday. Elusive and taciturn person, outside the star system, representing half the prototype of Piedmont. Actually born in Robbio Lomellina, near Pavia, but always considered vercellese , he grew up in that city. During his 24 years as a player wore five different shirts, but always maintained his residence in Vercelli, where he continued his life when he hung up his boots. precocious talent, he began to score his first goals between the two world wars on the lawn of the Fast, a small club. It was his maternal uncle, Giuseppe Cavanna, goalkeeper Pro Vercelli and Naples and international World Cup 1934, who encouraged him to take his first steps in a sport still not excessive. Soon the white jersey enfundarÃa Pro Vercelli, always fascinating although declining with respect to its origins, when the windows of the organization welcomed seven Scudetti. A Piola liked to evoke a match played with 17 years against the Naples Cavanna, who created a familiar incident: "We won 6-3 and scored three goals. After the fifth, went into the net to catch the ball and said, 'I'll take it, you are tired '. Kicked me if I had beaten ... My aunts went on for several months saying that it does not behave well with the family. But football is! ".
Young rose to fame quickly, scoring 51 goals in just over four years with the T-Pro's scored six in one game, a record of the Series A, in a 7-2 against Fiorentina. His name was among the leaders of the most powerful clubs. He would have liked to wear the shirt of some great North, perhaps that of the immense Ambrosiana-Inter Meazza, to aspire to a victory without straying too far from home. But hit a soccer started to become a business in which players did not enjoy freedom of choice, especially with a historical period heavily influenced by the political climate. The interventions of the Fascist Party secretary general Marinelli and Vaccaro took him to Rome, Lazio. In nine seasons in the league scored 143 goals, making a lot of personal successes but none at club level. For Roman clubs at that time was very complicated very powerful counter to the North teams. Roma only managed the 1941-42 season, the Lazio had been about to get six years earlier, but the Bologna relegated to second place. There were times when the derbies in the shadow of Cupolone San Pedro epic encounters were worth a whole season. Forward impressive and courageous, Piola always responded to the challenge. Myth became the March 16, 1941: Injured at the beginning, Piola returned to the field with his head tucked in and a deep wound sewn by four points. Scored twice, first with his forehead, without worrying about their gap.
History entangled again with the luck of the front, with the outbreak of World War II. In 1943, about the possibility of being drafted, he left Rome. Word spread that he had died during military action and came to celebrate mass in his memory. But in reality his life also the sporty-yet would last many years. The chaos of the war had come to his home in the north. Torino defended the shield for the anomalous Campionato di Guerra dell'Alto Italy and cattle not approved by the fire of La Spezia. The scoring continued two years in Turin, but for Juventus, with whom touched again Scudetto. And was thirty-four years and leaders thought their twilight football had arrived. They sold at Novara, in Second and close to Vercelli, where his career could have ended honorably. However, the attacker could not resign himself to retire. Were enough 16 goals a season and to redirect his new team to first, where he lived another six years as the absolute protagonist. The striker's career ended in 1954 only after 24 years and 274 goals in Serie A, marks still unsurpassed. One disappointment: the Scudetto often touched, but never achieved. A team level, only the triumphs of the Azzurri could comfort him.
Selection 'Silviogol'
Piola played with the March 24, 1935, at the Prater in Vienna against Austria Wunderteam . His brace made contributions to the victory (4-2) and broke all Pozzo technical question that housed about it. The coach was determined to assemble a team capable of confirming the victory of 1934. The political context of that World Cup held in Italy, challenged the local victory, orchestrated as propaganda for the fascist regime. Pozzo wanted to erase all those shadows, making a technical and fast computer that could definitively confirm an Italian football supremacy, whereas in France hostile, suspicious of the friendship between Rome and Berlin. The eleven Azzurri, forced to bow to the Roman way before every game, could not enjoy the sympathy of the land. But when the meetings began, everything is eclipsed Meazza by magic, by Colaussi plays for goals from Silvio Piola. The ride to success was unstoppable: Italy beat Norway, the Gauls and the formidable hosts Brazil, who preferred to save the crack Leonidas, in perspective of a hypothetical final. The South American would have been content with being the top scorer while allowing the most important party Piola, which already had been imposed as Silviogol "- and his Italy. The Azzurri played the final on June 19, 1938, against Hungary in Paris, before 60,000 spectators. Thanks to a loud party and Piola and Colaussi doublets, Italy overcame the Hungarians 4-2. In the gallery of honor, French President Lebrun, profane matters football, cheering, smiling. The Paris-Soir of that collected June 19, when the stadium cheered each share of Italy, the leader asked surprised if there was a French official close to the field. The ironic speaker could not help responding: "Yes, Mr. President: Capdeville, the referee."
addition to World Cup raised Piola International, Dr. Gero, a sort of Euro restricted. And written in letters of gold would rather he scored in a friendly in 1939 in Milan. Which seemed an incredible Chilean specialty of "Silviogol" actually was a goal with his hand. The adversary, of course, was England. Piola would dispute its latest commitment to nazionale 39, in 1952, again against England. With the team played a total of 34 games, scoring 30 goals.
Robbiano Now the old stadium is named Vercelli Silvio Piola, one of the spectators, the strongest attacker in the history of Calcio.
Source: Don Ball
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