“To be champions in sport and in life”. This will be the theme that will see the protagonist, Friday 22 July (6.40 pm) in the Sala Blu, Giancarlo Antognoni within the format “Lete brings Sport to Giffoni”, created by Acqua Lete in collaboration with FIGC (Italian Football Federation), FIS (Italian Fencing Federation) and FIJLKAM (Italian Federation of Judo Fight Karate Martial Arts). The world champion with the Italian national team in 1982 and Fiorentina’s flag between the seventies and eighties, will meet girls and boys in the Impact section of the Giffoni Film Festival.
The meeting
Giancarlo Antognoni’s dialogue with the young people of the festival will be a passionate dialogue, a sort of passing of the baton between generations, respecting the values of sport. On the other hand, his entire career has been based on these principles, showing devotion to the purple jersey, to the national team, never denigrating the opponents inside and outside the green rectangle. Midfielder gifted with class and elegance, he made his Serie A debut at the age of 18 in 1972. The day after the journalist Vladimiro Caminiti will define him “the man who plays while looking at the stars”, since he tends to look up during the match. In his football career he experiences happy moments (with the Viola he wins the Italian Cup, the Italian-English League Cup, touches a historic Scudetto in 1981/82) and tragic moments such as the accident during which he risks losing his life after one clash on the pitch with the Genoa goalkeeper, Silvano Martina. An investigation is opened, but Antognoni reveals an incredible sportsmanship, exonerating the goalkeeper. In the 1982 World Cup, Enzo Bearzot carves out a role as director for him. The performance against Brazil will be perfect: his goal of 4-2 for Italy, unjustly canceled by the referee. And it will be Antognoni himself, after a few years, to baptize a very young Roberto Baggio who has just arrived at Fiorentina in Serie A. In 2014, for his 60th birthday, Florence gave him the keys to the city. In 2018 the FIGC included his name in the Italian football Hall of Fame.
“The inclusion of the module at Giffoni 2022 Lete dedicated to sport, Lete’s strategic positioning area by virtue of its functional characteristics – says Gabriella Cuzzone marketing director of Acqua Lete – aims to enrich the experiential program dedicated to giffoners to stimulate their growth in all dimensions of life from cultural to social and physical and psychological well-being. Cinema has told the story of sport through successful films that have remained in history. In this edition the giffoners, thanks to Acqua Lete, will have the opportunity to combine the emotions experienced with the vision of the films with those of immersing themselves in the world of sport with the expert and engaging guidance of the masters of the sports federations of which we are partners and the testimony champions who have made sport their reason for living ”. “This important partnership has been renewed for years – the words of the creator and founder of Giffoni Claudio Gubitosi – For 52 years, Giffoni has been promoting love and passion for culture, art and imagination, for beauty. This is linked to the healthy lifestyle of which Acqua Lete has always been the spokesperson, tying in hand in this edition of the Festival with the emotions and values of sport “.
