Young Mo Who: Marco Tardelli

The Story

Tutti Ragazzi sono Mammoni

Tutti Ragazzi sono Mammoni` is a famous saying in Italy (all the young men are mother’s children). The average age for a man to leave his parental house (read mamma) is over 30 years old.
So, one could say, the cheerful celebration of Tardelli after he scored could have been Marco seeing his mother arrive home after she had been out shopping for 40 minutes.
However, his parents wanted him to study and not play football. Even though he loved his mamma, he choose to play football. The right choice in the end, despite the mamma!

World Championships Football 1982

Marco Tardelli could not sleep during the World Championships of 1982. His roommate Marco Gentile moved to another room, as it made him nuts. Sleeping alone did not help poor Marco. But when scoring the goal in the final everything came out; an explosion of relief, ecztasy and hapiness!

Schizzo

Italian Marco Tardelli was called Schizzo because of his sudden accelerations. But most football fans know him because of his most famous goal celebration ever; so actually of the moment àfter his goal in the World Cup final of 1982 against Germany. In that game he stretched almost horizontally to reach for the ball, somewhere at 16 mtr goal distance. And while sliding he half-volleyed the ball in the German net, GOAL! Then it happens. Marco transforms in Schizzo, accelerates and runs away screaming with his arms open wide. His teammates could not catch him.

One of the Heroes of my Youth

As 14-year-old kids we practised this cheering during our football training on weekly evenings; when scoring a meaningsless goal on a sad pitch, somewhere in the mud. Nobody of us really made it like Marco Tardelli did. We kept on dreaming though.

Multi-color print on white shirt with round neck  plus special cloth sack (185 g/m2)