Gianni Truvianni

An article about a very boring final watched over a most interesting lunch at the house of the Italian director of culture in Warsaw.
 
It was the final of the 1990 world cup and like all others it came on a Sunday. This being a day on which my friends and I would be watching the [...]

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An article about how I saw Argentina loose the title of World Champion to a high flying Brazilian team on a most inspired day.
 
It was the World Cup “Spain 82″ and did Brazil ever have a great team, some arguing that it was on a par with any other they had ever fielded if not [...]

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Memories Of Italy Vs. Argentina 82
 
An article about Italy’s 1982 2-1 win against Argentina in the 1982 world cup played in Spain and what it felt like for an Italian supporter to have to watch the game amongst a family of Argentine supporters.
 
It was the summer of 82 and Italy had been placed in the [...]

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