1982-83 season, Sampdoria seemed doomed against Juventus of the world champion Azzurri and Platini. The defender dominated the duel with Paolo Rossi and scored the winning goal for Zoff
For at least a week he had had a thought stuck in his head and he couldn’t get rid of it. Mauro Ferroni lived in the company of this obsession in the days preceding the start of the 1982-83 championship. He was twenty-six years old and was a defender by trade. Full back or stopper. He played for Sampdoria, who had just been promoted from Serie B to Serie A, and on his debut he would have faced Giovanni Trapattoni’s great Juventus at Marassi.