His contract expires in June and there seems to be no room for a renewal. It will therefore be farewell after many successes as a footballer – above all the 1983 championship – and as a manager with the many young people he discovered and valorized
Hero of the Spanish World Cup and symbol of a very strong national team that now seems like a distant memory. In the days that decree Italy’s third bankruptcy, Bruno Conti’s farewell to Roma is materializing. The end of an era considering that Marazico has been in Trigoria for over 50 years. More precisely since 1973 when he arrived from Anzio to begin a unique career which saw him as an incredible footballer, coach, manager and manager of the youth sector. Practically all he missed was being president of the club.
the reasons
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The decision arrived in recent days and the indiscretion has found sad confirmations. In fact, Conti’s contract expires in June and there doesn’t seem to be any room to extend the relationship. In recent months Bruno was mainly involved in the selection of the younger teams, aged fourteen and under. The imminent return of Tarantino to the helm of command and the choice of Pasquale Berardi as head of baby scouting have accelerated a painful process and a revolution in the youth sector (the aim is to create the under 23s) which should also lead to the farewell of Alberto De Rossi. Conti is unlikely to change his mind but he will not go to other teams, he will dedicate himself to his family unless the national team thinks of him for an institutional role. The basis of the decision was the incompatibility with a world of football that has profoundly changed in recent years in which one has to deal more with the agents than with the families of the young players and in which Bruno no longer fits the bill.
how many talents
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In Rome he leaves an enormous legacy. For decades at the helm of the youth teams he found, among others: De Rossi, Pepe, Aquilani, Romagnoli, Bertolacci, Caprari, Politano, Frattesi, Scamacca, Calafiori, Pellegrini, Zalewski, Bove and Pisilli. But the list would be even longer without forgetting the importance it had in Francesco Totti’s growth process in his first years at Trigoria. As a footballer his successes were even greater. Absolute protagonist of the second scudetto and of the ride to the final of the 1984 Champions Cup, winner of 5 Italian cups and elected best player of the 1982 World Cup by His Majesty Pelé. He was then given the nickname Marazico, a portmanteau between Maradona and Zico. The iconic number 7, that “Bruno there is one” who managed to fill the Olimpico on the day of his farewell to football just 24 hours after the UEFA cup final lost to Inter.
