Capello: “Pelè aveva qualcosa che Maradona e Messi non avevano” - PARTE 1 | Larmandillo | RSI Sport

“Pelè had a physical power and a sprint that Maradona and Messi didn't have. He could jump with his head very well, he was complete in every way.” Fabio Capello has no hesitation when Armando Ceroni asks him to compare the three greatest players in the history of football. Memories flash back to a friendly against Team America, when Pelè, now “old” (he was thirty), made him realize that “Class...there's nothing you can do about it. Even at a certain age, he could do something different.” But Capello's journey through the World Cups is also fraught with personal regrets. For example, the 1974 World Cup, the one Italy should have won but which saw them exit in the first round: “The saddest thing that could have happened. I dedicated my Wembley goal to the 20,000 waiters present (in a friendly in 1973), only to then see our migrants rightfully throw tomatoes at us in Germany...” The team fell apart before it even started, when the numbered shirts were distributed at Coverciano: "Iuliano said, 'We already know who's playing.' From there, the whole game fell apart." Then the exclusion from the 1978 World Cup: "Bearzot didn't say anything to me, not a single phone call. If he had called me and said, 'Fabio, you're not the same as before,' I would have understood. I was disappointed." But Capello also celebrates the triumphs: Italy in 1982 with Paolo Rossi ("he had instinct, a sense of goal, he moved in a unique way"), Maradona in 1986 ("he's worth two tickets, not one"), up until Baggio's tragedy in 1994: "You still feel the weight of that mistake. When you wear the Italy shirt, you don't make a mistake for a club, you make a mistake for the whole country." #fabiocapello #larmandillo #rsisport ____________________ LARMANDILLO The podcast by and about Armando Ceroni, with Nicolò Casolini Armando Ceroni launches into digital production and retraces the highlights of his journalism career in the company of Nicolò Casolini and distinguished guests. A half-hour to spend with a smile and a lighthearted atmosphere, reliving with the protagonists the emotions, joys, and sorrows of sporting years gone by, with previously unpublished anecdotes. This exclusive will accompany you through eight episodes, published every Monday. ____________________ Discover RSI's PLAY: https://www.rsi.ch/play/tv?t_mc=owned.... Download the RSI app: https://www.rsi.ch/la-rsi/l-azienda/d... Visit the RSI website: https://www.rsi.ch/ Follow us on social media:   / radiotelevisionesvizzera   https://www.instagram.com/rsionline/?... https://x.com/RSIonline?mx=2   / rsi-radiotelevisione-svizzera-swiss-tv-