Paolo Rossi was the reason I fell in love with the World Cup. Italy 3 Brazil 2, July 5, 1982, is quite simply the greatest game of all time.
This summer will be the seventh World Cup I have gone to and covered but that game - even though I was just watching at home - is the best. And yes I know all about Rossi, the controversy and people saying he should not have been playing because his ban was reduced to two years after being caught up in a betting scandal.
Back in those days, football was brilliant, simple and I loved watching it with my Dad.
It felt like the whole world wanted Brazil to win the World Cup. They had the best team, the best players and were just amazing to watch. Eder, Falcao, Zico and Socrates. They were the best team never to win the World Cup.
