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意大利史上最伟大球员:瓦伦蒂诺·马佐拉
瓦伦蒂诺·马佐拉
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他是真正的自然之力，当他卷起衣袖，你知道他要来真的了
意大利足球的最大谜题之一就是，假如都灵神之队没有遭遇1949年的苏佩加空难，这项运动会有怎样的改变。绛红色的荣誉室几乎必然会有更多的奖杯。意大利在1950年代的世界杯很有可能表现得更好。也许，只是也许，皇家马德里不会连续赢得最初的5届欧洲冠军杯。
这一猜想的核心基础就是瓦伦蒂诺·马佐拉。当他陨落在都灵群山之间的时候，他还只有30岁。事实上他已经为这项运动留下了球员意义上的巨大遗产。如果不是英年早逝，谁知道他会达到怎样的地位？
毫无疑问，他本来能够在未来的许多年里继续推动都灵和意大利的发展。他的才华和能力是如此的卓越，以至于即便是年近四十的他也肯定能挥洒自如。接着，都灵俱乐部会议室肯定会向他敞开。他会成为都灵俱乐部，而且很有可能也是意大利国家队的双料大使。
然而，我们所要面对的是现实的体坛。功勋册上并没有本应有的荣誉，无人颁发假设中的冠军。尽管如此，都灵所受到的马佐拉效应仍然是极为巨大的。
1919年，马佐拉出生在米兰省卡萨诺达达城的一个工人家庭。那座城市后来还出现了国际米兰伟大的吉亚琴托·法切蒂。瓦伦蒂诺年少时成长艰辛。父亲早逝，马佐拉早早辍学工作，以此来支撑他的家庭。与此同时，他在当地俱乐部作为球员崭露头角，直到一家工厂球队米兰阿尔法罗密欧在他20岁之前签下了他。
没过多久，马佐拉吸引了意甲威尼斯的目光。巧合的是，威尼斯刚刚签下了一位和马佐拉同年同月同日生的小伙子，他就是埃兹奥·洛伊克。他们将一同开创一片伟业。马佐拉和洛伊克把威尼斯从意甲的挣扎者变成了1941年的意大利杯冠军，那是威尼斯史上迄今唯一的主要锦标。1年后，威尼斯获得意甲季军。
这已经足够让费鲁奇奥·诺沃信服。诺沃正忙于组建一支强力的都灵，马佐拉和洛伊克正是他迫切需要的球员。这堪称是一个前无古人后无来者的英明决定。马佐拉成为了都灵神之队的心脏，洛伊克同样做出了重大贡献。
所有看过马佐拉踢球的人一致认为他是一名超越时代的球员。他的奉献，他的激情，他的灵感和能力无可匹敌。很难想象现代足球当中有谁能接近拥有这样神话般的能力，丹尼尔·德罗西、里诺·加图索和斯蒂芬·杰拉德的合体也许可以。他是那种能够以一己之力推动球队达成实力之上成绩的球员。
“意大利史上最伟大的球员是瓦伦蒂诺·马佐拉，他是一个能够背负整支球队的男人，”1982年世界杯意大利冠军教练恩佐·贝阿尔佐特如是说道。
“我非常幸运能够亲眼见识瓦伦蒂诺的卓越才华。意大利以前没有，以后也不会有比他更加全能的球员，”意大利前国脚阿梅代奥·阿马代也如是说道。
伟大的体育记者吉安尼·布莱拉对马佐拉特点的概括最为完整。他描绘出的是一名拥有一切的球员，技术、体能、速度、力量、投入、智慧，这就像梦一样。
“他能像短跑运动员一样启动，像中距离跑运动员一样奔跑，像一名射手一样左右开弓，”布莱拉如是写道，“他能像杂技演员一样跳跃，像后卫一样断球，然后组织攻势，而这些进攻通常是由他自己完成的。他既是一名指挥官，又是一名终结者。”
他是那种队友和对手都会喝彩的球员。他身边的战友说他一个人就是半支球队，而即便是同城对手尤文图斯的明星也会看到他身上的光辉。
“在1947年的一场比赛里，都灵在上半场结束时0-1落后罗马。回到球场后，瓦伦蒂诺问他的队友，他们想不想告诉对手足球应该怎么踢。比赛的最终结果是都灵7-1获胜，”尤文图斯伟大的吉亚姆皮埃罗·博尼佩尔蒂如是回忆道。
由这个故事总结出的观点得到所有看过马佐拉踢球的人认同：他是真正的自然之力，当他卷起衣袖，你就知道他要来真的了。一旦被马佐拉扼住命运的咽喉，任何人都很难逃脱。他信奉的是最简单的足球哲学。
“我认为足球是一项简单的运动，只要你不被预见就能胜利，”马佐拉曾经如是解说道，“你可以增加一些变化来踢得更加动态，你也可以在标准套路之外临机应变。但我认为，现代足球当中首要的是以团队行动为基础。”
当然，马佐拉是幸运的，他身边的战友都是同时代球员当中的佼佼者。马佐拉所处的这支都灵队中大多是意大利国家队成员。他有能力发展出一种使他领先所有对手一步的认识。
“快速的足球是最好的，但球员们并不总是乐于通过大量的奔跑和不断的跳跃来从对手那抢球，”马佐拉是这么说的，“有时候跑得少些会更好，但你得出其不意，而且处理球要更加精准。这对我来说才是真正的速度。”
这种快节奏的智慧是他的天赋，也是意大利足球在60年前被粗暴夺走的财富。也许这只是马佐拉留下的记忆，但他同样留下了一份活生生的遗产。他的儿子桑德罗后来成为1960年代那支最伟大国际米兰的奠基人之一。然而，即便是桑德罗也得承认，要与如此著名的父亲比肩有多难。
桑德罗在一次采访中坦陈，作为瓦伦蒂诺之子所带来的压力几乎让他放弃足球，“这让我小时候很难，因为所有人都来看我踢球，觉得我会和我爸爸一样优秀，而我并没有他那样的天才。”
这本身已经能够说明老马佐拉作为一名球员有多么出色。他的孩子后来赢得了这项运动当中几乎所有可能的荣誉，却仍然觉得无法与父亲相比。其中部分也许要归结于对父亲天然的崇敬，尽管如此，我们依然可以见到老马佐拉的一些非凡之处。令人惋惜的是，我们讲述的永远只能是他足球生涯的一小部分。
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Hall of Fame: Valentino Mazzola
He was a true force of nature and when he rolled up his sleeves you knew he meant business
Words: Giancarlo Rinaldi
It is one of the great unknowns of Italian football – how the game might have changed if the Great Torino team had not died in the Superga disaster of 1949. Almost certainly there would have been more silverware in the Granata trophy room. Quite probably Italy would have performed better at the World Cups of the 1950s. And maybe, just maybe, Real Madrid might not have won the first five European Cups in a row.
At the very epicentre of this conjecture stands Valentino Mazzola. He was only 30 when he lost his life in that plane crash on the hills above Turin. The fact that he had already left an enormous legacy to the game speaks volumes about the player. Who knows what he might have achieved if his life had been able to run its natural course?
There is little doubt he would have gone on to be a driving force for club and country for many years to come. His talent and ability was such that he could easily have played on into his mid 30s and maybe beyond. Then, at the very least, some kind of boardroom position at Torino would surely have opened up. He would have become an ambassador for the Turin side and possibly the Italian national team too.
However, the sporting world obliges us to deal in facts. There is no room in the record books for what might have been. Nobody hands out hypothetical titles. Nonetheless, the Mazzola effect on Torino and beyond was enormous.
Born in 1919 into a working class family in the Milanese provincial town of Cassano d’Adda – which also, incidentally, produced Inter great Giacinto Facchetti – young Valentino did not have an easy upbringing. His father died young and Mazzola left school early to find work in order to help support his family. At the same time, he was establishing his reputation as a footballer with local clubs until a factory team, Alfa Romeo Milano, signed him up before his 20th birthday.
It did not take long for Serie A to take notice in the shape of little Venezia. By strange coincidence the lagoon club had just signed up another boy born on the same day, Ezio Loik, and the two would go on to do great things together. They transformed the top-flight strugglers into Coppa Italia winners in 1941, still that club’s only major honour, and third place League finishers a year later.
It was more than enough to convince Ferruccio Novo, the man who was busy constructing a powerful Torino side, that Mazzola and Loik were players he desperately needed. Rarely before or since has a decision proved to be more astute. Mazzola became the heartbeat of the Great Torino team and Loik was a major contributor too.
The general consensus from everyone who saw Mazzola play was that he was a footballer ahead of his time. His commitment, passion and inspirational abilities were second to none. It is hard to imagine who might come close to such talismanic qualities in the modern game. Perhaps if you put Daniele De Rossi, Rino Gattuso and Steven Gerrard into a blender you might come close. He was the kind of player who could seemingly single-handedly drive his team to achieve results which seemed beyond them.
“The greatest Italian player of all time was Valentino Mazzola,” explained Italy’s World Cup winning Coach of 1982, Enzo Bearzot. “He was a man who could carry his whole team.”
“I was lucky enough to see Valentino’s extraordinary talent close up,” echoed Italian international Amedeo Amadei. “There has been no more complete player in Italy before or since.”
It was the great sports journalist Gianni Brera who summed up his attributes most completely. The picture he paints is one of a player who had everything. His skill, strength, pace, power, commitment and ability were the stuff of dreams.
“He could take off like a sprinter, ran like a middle-distance racer and shot with either foot like a striker,” wrote Brera. “He could leap like an acrobat, won the ball back for the defence and then set up attacks which he often finished off himself. He was both a playmaker and a match-winner.”
He was the kind of player who earned plaudits from his teammates and opponents alike. Those who played alongside him said he made up half the team by himself. But even stars from city rivals Juventus could spot he was something special.
“In a match of 1947, Torino were 1-0 down to Roma at the end of the first half,” recalled Bianconero great Giampiero Boniperti. “Coming back on to the pitch Valentino asked his teammates if they wanted to show the opposition how football should be played. It finished 7-1 for Torino.”
That story sums up a view shared by almost everyone who saw him kick a ball. He was a true force of nature and when he rolled up his sleeves you knew he meant business. When Mazzola took a game by the scruff of the neck it was hard for anyone else to get a look in. It was an approach which he based on the most straightforward of football philosophies.
“I think football is a simple game where you can win as long as you don’t become predictable,” he once explained. “You can add some variations to make your play more dynamic and you can improvise outside of the classic structures. But, above all, I think modern football has to be built on team play.”
Of course, Mazzola was lucky to have the very best of his generation playing around him. The Torino team he was part of was shipped en masse into the Italian national team such was the ability level of the players. He was able to develop the kind of understanding which allowed him to be one step ahead of any opponent.
“Football is best if it is played quickly but footballers are not always happy to run a lot and jump all the time to get the ball off an opponent,” said Mazzola. “Sometimes it is better to run less but to catch your opponent off guard and arrive with more precision on the ball. That, for me, is true speed.”
It is a gift of quick wits which he had in abundance and one which was crudely taken from the Italian game nearly 60 years ago. It could have been just memories that Mazzola left behind but he also had a living legacy. His son Sandro went on to become a cornerstone of the greatest Inter side in history during the 1960s. However, even he admitted it was tough to live up to such a famous father.
In one interview, he confessed that he nearly gave up on the game because of the pressure he felt from being Valentino’s son. He said: “It was tough for me as a boy because everyone who came to see me play thought I was going to be as good as my dad – and I wasn’t that talented.”
That tells its own story about just how good a player Mazzola senior was. His boy went on to win just about every honour that was available in the game and yet he felt he was no match for his father. Some of that may be attributed to a natural reverence towards his parent, but it nonetheless tells us that Mazzola senior was something out of the ordinary. And sadly only a fraction of his footballing life story was ever able to be told. |
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