Europei 1980 · Maschile

Italy 1980

Tornando a ospitare gli europei 12 anni dopo il trionfo del 1968, l'Italia gode ovviamente dei favori del pronostico, potendo contare sull'intelaiatura della squadra che aveva entusiasmato ai mondiali di Argentina '78. E invece gli azzurri deludono sopratutto sul piano del gioco : il 12 Giugno esordiscono a San Siro contro la Spagna, ma non riescono ad andare oltre uno striminzito 0-0. Le cose sembrano riaggiustarsi il 15 Giugno quando a Torino battono l'Inghilterra di Kevin Keegan con un goal di Tardelli.

Ma per disputare la finalissima è necessario vincere il girone, vale a dire battere il Belgio nell'ultimo incontro. All'olimpico di Roma l'Italia preme inutilmente per 90 minuti, protesta per qualche decisione discutibile dell'arbitro portoghese Garrido ed infine si arrende allo 0 a 0, che significa finale delle deluse, per il terzo posto.Gli azzurri sono fuori senza aver subito un goal, mentre i belgi si giocano il titolo continentale avendo i nostri stessi punti, la stessa differenza reti ma un maggior numero di goal realizzati.

La finale và alla Germania Ovest grazie a una doppietta di Hrubesch, che all' 89' spezza l'equilibrio stabilito dal pareggio di Van Der Eycken.Per l'Italia c'è l'ultima beffa : nella finale per il terzo posto disputata a Napoli contro la Cecoslovacchia finiscono in parità i tempi supplementari (Jurkemik al 53' e Graziani al 72'). Al diciassettesimo calcio di rigore è fatale l'errore di Collovati, mentre Barmos non fallisce il diciottesimo tiro dal dischetto. E siamo soltanto quarti.

The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 80) final tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 11 and 22-06-1980. This was the first European Championship in which eight teams, rather than four, contested the final tournament. Seven of these countries had to qualify for the final stage.

Also for the first time, the hosts, in this case Italy, qualified automatically for the finals.Because of the expanded format, the final tournament went through some changes as well. Two groups of four teams each were created; each team would play all others within their group. The winners of the groups would go straight to the final (there were no semi-finals), while the runners-up disputed the third place match. The tournament generally failed to draw much enthusiasm from spectators and TV viewers. Attendance was generally poor except for matches involving the Italian team.

The defensive style of play of many teams led to a succession of dull matches. Hooliganism, already a rising problem in the 1970s, made headlines again at the first-round match between England and Belgium where riot police had to use tear gas, delaying the start of play.

The only bright spots were the emergence of a new generation of talented German stars such as Hans-Peter Briegel, Horst Hrubesch, Hansi Müller and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and the inspired performance of offensively-minded Belgium (around rising stars such as Jan Ceulemans, Eric Gerets, Jean-Marie Pfaff, and Erwin Vandenbergh) who unexpectedly reached the final, only losing to West Germany (1-2) by a Hrubesch goal two minutes before time.

ITALIA 1980
C.T.: Enzo Bearzot

• Portieri / Goalkeepers: Dino Zoff, Giovanni Galli, Ivano Bordon
• Difensori / Defenders: Franco Baresi, Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Baresi, Mauro Bellugi, Antonio Cabrini, Fulvio Collovati, Claudio Gentile, Aldo Maldera
• Centrocampisti / Midfielders: Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti, Rubens Buriani, Franco Causio, Gabriele Oriali, Marco Tardelli, Renato Zaccarelli
• Attaccanti / Forwards: Alessandro Altobelli, Roberto Bettega, Francesco Graziani, Roberto Pruzzo

---

- First Round -

Group A

11-06-1980 Netherlands 1 - 0 Greece (0-0)

11-06-1980 West Germany 1 - 0 Czechoslovakia (0-0)

14-06-1980 Czechoslovakia 3 - 1 Greece (2-1)

14-06-1980 West Germany 3 - 2 Netherlands (1-0)

17-06-1980 Czechoslovakia 1 - 1 Netherlands (1-0)

17-06-1980 West Germany 0 - 0 Greece (0-0)

---

- First Round -

Group B

12-06-1980 Belgium 1 - 1 England (1-1)

12-06-1980 Italy 0 - 0 Spain (0-0)

15-06-1980 Italy 1 - 0 England (0-0)

15-06-1980 Spain 1 - 2 Belgium (1-1)

18-06-1980 Italy 0 - 0 Belgium (0-0)

18-06-1980 Spain 1 - 2 England (0-1)

---

- 3rd/4th -

21-06-1980 Italy 1 - 1 Czechoslovakia (0-0) PEN: 8-9

---

- Final -

02-06-1980 West Germany 2 - 1 Belgium (1-0)

---

- Goal Scorers -

3 goals

• Klaus Allofs -West Germany

2 goals

• Horst Hrubesch -West Germany
• Zdenek Nehoda -Czechoslovakia
• Kees Kist -Netherlands

1 goal

• Jan Ceulemans -Belgium
• Julien Cools -Belgium
• Eric Gerets -Belgium
• René Vandereycken -Belgium
• Ladislav Jurkemik -Czechoslovakia
• Antonín Panenka -Czechoslovakia
• Ladislav Vízek -Czechoslovakia
• Trevor Brooking -England
• Ray Wilkins -England
• Tony Woodcock -England
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge -West Germany
• Nikos Anastopoulos -Greece
• Francesco Graziani -Italy
• Marco Tardelli -Italy
• Johnny Rep -Netherlands
• Willy van de Kerkhof -Netherlands
• Dani -Spain
• Quini -Spain