[Inter] 主席Giacinto Facchetti逝世
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Italy mourn Facchetti loss
Monday 4 September, 2006
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Italian football is in mourning after Inter President
Giacinto Facchetti passed away at the age of 64 on Monday.
Inter主席 Giacinto Facchetti週一逝世了，享年六十四歲。
The former defender had been suffering with illness for some time
and lost his battle earlier today.
近來病魔纏身的他在今日稍早過世了。
Born in Treviglio, near Bergamo, Facchetti enjoyed a stunning career
both at club and international level.
He became a legend with the Nerazzurri after making his debut in May 1961
and spending 18 seasons with the outfit until he hung up his boots in 1978.
A goalscoring left-back, Facchetti scored an amazing 75 goals
in 634 games with the Inter shirt.
He also won four Scudetti, two intercontinental titles,
two European Cups and a Coppa Italia.
In January 2004, he was promoted from Vice-President to
President of Inter by owner Massimo Moratti.
During Facchetti's brief reign, the club won two Italian Cups,
an Italian Super Cup and were this summer awarded the 2005-06 Scudetto.
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http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/articles/facchettigg.html
Golden Great: Giacinto Facchetti April 2001 Issue
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A symbol for both club and country, Giacinto Facchetti is revered
as the Azzurri's greatest ever leader. Giancarlo Rinaldi profiles
the record-breaking defender who started his career as a centre forward.
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Il Capitano
There was an air of nobility about Giacinto Facchetti.
A tall, elegant and imposing defender in his playing days,
he rarely seemed to lose his cool. Even in the history of a giant club
like Inter his name will long be remembered. As well as being
an outstandingly talented player, Facchetti also had the good fortune
to be around at the best moment in the Nerazzurri's story.
Mention the 1960s now to an Inter fan and they still get all misty-eyed.
Their scoring full back was a major part of those magical times.
But it nearly didn't happen for the boy from Treviglio.
As a teenage talent he was on the brink of a deal with Atalanta -
much closer to home. In the end the bigger club vying for his talents
got its way, as usual, and a great career as a symbol for the team
from the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium had begun.
It didn't all go smoothly to start with, but it was the legendary
Helenio Herrera who spotted how vital Facchetti could be to his team.
He catapulted the youngster into becoming a first team regular and
from then on he barely missed a game.
Herrera recalled: "I could see that this big, tall player with an eye
for goal was ideal for the left full back slot."
And so it proved to be as the Inter man became something of a role model
for the modern wing-back with an outstanding scoring record.
Almost 60 Serie A goals at a time when Italian football was
at its most defensive is a pretty impressive return.
Little wonder Herrera was happy to put his young star
straight into the first team.
Make no mistake, Facchetti was not just about attacking -
along with Tarcisio Burgnich, Aristide Guarneri and Armando Picchi
he formed one of the most formidable back lines ever seen
in the Italian game. It was from this base that Inter -
fuelled by the funds of oil giant Angelo Moratti -
went on to conquer the world.
A first Scudetto came in just his third season at the club.
And 1963 was also the year he established himself as a first team regular.
Inter then went on to take that success to another level with triumphs
across the globe. It was the only response supporters would accept having
had to watch city rivals Milan become the first Italian team to take
the European Cup.
Facchetti and his teammates responded with back-to-back European Cups
and Intercontinental Cups the following two seasons.
Another two League titles in 1965 and 1966 confirmed this as
the golden age of Internazionale and Facchetti was a huge part of that.
Indeed in one season he struck 10 League goals which was the kind of
return any striker of the day would have been proud of.
His consistency was of the kind that any Coach would love to build
a side around.
It was inevitable that this sort of display would push his talents
into the Italy team and after a disappointing World Cup in 1966
he enjoyed success with the Azzurri too. Although 1970 was to end
in heartache at the hands of Brazil, in between times the boys in blue
won the European Nations Cup for the one and only time.
"It is the fondest memory of many of my teammates and myself,"
admitted Facchetti years later. "For 30 years Italy had not won
any title at national level. We got to the semi-final against Russia
and it finished 1-1 after extra time and it took the toss of a coin
to get us into the Final," he recalled. "A coin is not the best way
to decide things but I think it rewarded the team who deserved to get
to the Final."
That match with Yugoslavia took a replay to decide after a draw
in the first game. Eventually Italy won through thanks to goals
from Riva and Anastasi. "I think that is my best memory with
the national side," said Facchetti. There were still more fine moments
to come - most notably a fourth League title in 1971 - but it was clear
that the days of the great Inter team were ending.
Yet Facchetti's career extended to the eve of the 1978 World Cup
and in the process he set a string of records.
His 476 League games for Inter were only recently surpassed by
that other great defender, Giuseppe Bergomi. And his 94 caps
for his country were also a record until Dino Zoff and, more recently,
Paolo Maldini came along. But it is as Italian captain that his record
is still without equal. He led his country on no fewer than 70 occasions,
which is a remarkable testimony to his quality and leadership ability.
Facchetti became an important symbol for both club and country.
In many ways he changed the way the world thought about defenders
with the attacking strength he brought to the game.
His dynamic forward runs paved the way for the pressing game of the future.
His late career switch to sweeper also cleared a path for other greats
like Gaetano Scirea and Franco Baresi who followed in
Il Capitano's footsteps.
These skills were clearly something that a club like Inter
were loathe to ignore when he retired from the game.
He has carved out a role for himself in the new Millennium
as a right hand man for new President Massimo Moratti.
His coolness in a crisis has obviously come in useful in recent times.
Nowadays Facchetti occupies an important overseas role for the club
keeping an eye out for players who might make as big an impact as he did.
His most recent mission was to try to secure the services of
Daniel Passarella as next Inter Coach. Although the signs do not
look encouraging nobody should bet against Giacinto Facchetti.
He generally won most of his battles on the field of play and
those combative qualities still stand him in good stead today.
STAR RATING 9/10
Giacinto Facchetti was once the most capped outfield
player in Italy's history and the epitome of its footballing style.
A tall, elegant and imposing defender, Facchetti was a key member of
the great Inter side that won four Serie A titles plus the European
and World Club Cups in 1964 and 1965.
Giacinto Facchetti
Club: Inter
Born: Treviglio (Bergamo), 18/7/42
Position: Defender
Serie A debut: Roma 0-2 Inter, 21/5/61
Club: Inter
International debut: Turkey 0-1 Italy (Istanbul), 27/3/63
Last International game: England 2-0 Italy (Wembley), 16/11/77
International caps: 94
International gls: 3
Honours:
4 Scudetto (1963, 65, 66, 71)
2 European Cups (1964, 65)
2 World Club Cup (1964, 65)
1 Coppa Italia (1978)
1 European Nations Cup (1968)
World Cup runners-up (1970)
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太讓人意外了…
偉大的義大利的左後衛，靈魂附體之一的 Facchetti…
Grosso才剛轉會去 Inter，結果發生這種事情，
六十四歲實在是早了一點啊…
後面一篇是 Channel4之前為他寫的傳。
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脾氣大的女人，皮膚敏感，
每回以手指碰到，就變得像戰場一樣。
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