Soccer-The day Paolo Rossi changed Brazilian football for good


  • Football
  • Thursday, 10 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: Diego Maradona and Paolo Rossi pose for a photo as they attend the Italian football hall of fame awards ceremony in Florence, Italy, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

(Reuters) - Italians knew him affectionately as "Pablito". In Brazil, he was known as the executioner.

Paolo Rossi, the former Italy striker who died aged 64 on Thursday, is seen in his homeland as the hero who led a previously discredited team to their 1982 World Cup title.

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