Arrigo Sacchi has described football as the most important thing of less important things. This sport can stimulate blood and rationally inexplicable emotions but because those are sincere, tangible nell’ the human soul. There is a team that is broader and deeper emotional catalogue unequaled in the world and in the history of the game, the Turin. It is related one of the most delicate and poignant stories that cross boundaries grenade to settle in’ soul of all, or in no-time. The protagonist is a boy named Gigi Meroni, born on 24 February 1943 and died in 24 years on 15 October 1967. Did the designer of neckties and dabbled with paint, It was also much appreciated. But its popularity was mainly due to calcium. He played as a right winger, the number 7. He grew up in the youth system of Como, It was bought by Genoa where young established himself as the future in seria A. In 1964 It was bought for exorbitant by Torino coached by Nereo Rocco. Were spent 300 millions of lire. Wasted no time in proving his worth on the field. On his way to stay on the pitch was l’ essence of the pure game, fantasy, dribbling, shooting painted. He wore long hair for l’ epoch and that contrasted with the conformity of the coaches as Locksmiths. Loved to paint on canvas and design your own quirky dresses. His sense of nonconformity and rebellion led him to show up even with a chicken on a leash. He had a way of making that conquered, everyone loved him. Fell back to a beautiful young woman of Polish origin, Christian Uderstadt, who worked as harveycarter in Genoa. Unfortunately she was already betrothed to an Assistant Director of Rome. Don't lost sight and their relationship such scandal. L’ charges of concubinage accompanied them until her marriage was annulled. He lived first in an attic, then in an apartment of Corso Umberto I in the Centre of Turin. Beautiful and important goal marked like that all’ invincible Mazzola and Facchetti's Inter which still show on television. Also entered in the national. Sundays 15 October 1967 He played his last game against Sampdoria, won the grenade to 4-2. That day the striker Nestor Combin number 9 Torino had three goals. At the end of the race next Sunday in Gigi praise told him that during the derby would do three more goals. In the evening, in the rain, Nell’ Cross Corso Re Umberto with friend Fabrizio Poletti was run over by a car driven by Attilio Romero, among other supporter of Turin. Gigi died shortly after in hospital. He was dead the sportsman who had represented the years 60 with its sporting talent, art with his life only and upstream. In the history of Turin made of dramas and mysterious links things to mention the tragic homonym tying Gigi Meroni with Luigi Meroni the Commander of’ plane of the Grande Torino died at Superga on 4 may 1949. The boy in the 1967 invested Meroni, Attilio Romero, in 2000 He became President of the Turin. The following Sunday was played in an unreal atmosphere the derby between Juventus and Torino hot favourite. That Sunday the Turin won 4-0 with three goals just Nestor Combin, and the fourth goal marked the young Alberto Carelli that that Sunday wore the Jersey number 7. A final curiosity is a strange statistic, When the Turin plays 15 October or in a very narrow range at that time win or draw, never misses. The butterfly grenade, nickname dedicated to Gigi Meroni, fly. Just flies higher and higher into a different dimension purest allowed who was transfigured by the legend.
Hector Parker
