Before the start of today's playoff match for the World Cup between the teams of Italy and Northern Ireland, there will be a gathering at the stadium in Bergamo.. Football strength will be given to the great striker of the Italian national team, Giuseppe Beppe Savoldi, who enjoys life in 79 years.

The Italian Football Federation and President Gabriele Gravina published an official statement in which they found deep respect for the deceased’s homeland, which meant the loss of one of the most productive.

Savoldi has once again written his name into the history of Italian football not only through his bombing fortunes, but also through an unprecedented transfer. In 1975, he moved from Bologna to Naples, making him the world’s most expensive footballer at that time, for which the press mittevo dubbed him Mr.

two billions (sums in Italian lire).

During their long career in Serie A, the champions of Atalanti, Bologna and Napoli, Savoldi scored 168 goals in 405 matches. In the 1972/73 season, he became the top scorer in the elite division with 17 goals, sharing the title with Paolo Pulici and Gianni Rivera.

For the Italian national team, the forward played in four matches, scoring one possible goal from a penalty in a friendly match against Greece (3:2) back in 1975.