The blue monument speaks: “No serious mistakes in Macedonia for Gigio, he is in his prime and will do great things. Ups and downs happen to everyone”
– Skopje
“Can I say something? I think it’s exaggerating a bit. It was a free kick: in these cases there is always chaos in front of you, the players move, the ball can’t be seen well and the trajectory was difficult. I don’t see a serious mistake or the need for immediate trials. We have short memories. Donnarumma made us win the European Championship and is he already under accusation?”. Dino Zoff defends the Italian goalkeeper without thinking twice. Perhaps he also remembers his experience of him, the criticism in 1978 in Argentina for the four goals conceded from outside the area against Holland and Brazil, part of the criticism that wanted his head. If Bearzot had listened to it hastily perhaps there wouldn’t have been the Bernabeu in ’82.