Il PERUGIA dei MIRACOLI: imbattuto ma secondo nella Serie A 78/79

#perugia #seriea #footballmystery There was a team capable of remaining in the history of Italian football despite failing to win anything. An unforgettable, perhaps unrepeatable, championship that secured an indelible record: 30 games without a single defeat, an entire Serie A season without a defeat. Ilario Castagner's Perugia finished the 1978/79 season undefeated, narrowly missing out on the Scudetto, which AC Milan ultimately won. Only AC Milan in 1991-1992 and Juventus in 2011-2012 were able to equal the Umbrians' record in Italian football history. It's time to tell the story of Perugia's miracles: the Grifoni's record, undefeated but second. In the 1978/79 season, Perugia was winning its fourth Serie A title, the fifth under Ilario Castagner, who had reached the pinnacle of his coaching career. Many believe that team was the first to tactically design the 4-2-3-1 formation that would later become fashionable in the 2000s. This was to showcase the talents of Franco Vannini, an atypical midfielder for the time but arguably the key figure in Castagner's orchestra, with a mobile, powerful midfielder like Butti covering the soloists. As often happens when underdogs manage to compete for the title by moving like clockwork, there were two lightning-fast wingers with a knack for scoring goals in Walter Speggiorin and Salvatore Bagni, while the defense benefited from an excellent central pairing, a refined libero in Pierluigi Frosio, the team's captain, and a tough stopper in Mauro Della Martira. Furthermore, Gianfranco Casarsa arrived from Fiorentina, whom Castagner enjoyed playing as a "false nine," mimicking some of Hidegkuti's moves in the great Hungary side. A truly fascinating but complex scenario, for a team that, despite the excellent results of the previous season, was essentially aiming to avoid relegation. The competitiveness of the 16-team Serie A, which was extremely high at the time, did not protect any team, either inside or outside the metropolitan circuits, from the threat of relegation in the event of a particularly bad year. President Franco D'Attoma, the architect of that incredible team, firmly believed in the quality of his players, but his hopes were primarily focused on one of the four places they would bring in the UEFA Cup; it was impossible to dare more. And instead... Written and produced by: Fabio Belli Like and subscribe to the channel! And don't forget: Follow fuorigioco stories http://storiefuorigioco.altervista.org​ Follow fuorigioco stories on Facebook   / controcalcio.it​   Follow fuorigioco stories on Twitter   / controcalcio1​   Follow fuorigioco stories on Instagram   / storiefuorigioco   Follow fuorigioco stories on TikTok   / storiefuorigioco