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Giovanni Luigi Brera, known as Gianni Brera, was born on September 8, 1919, in San Zenone al Po, near Pavia, was an Italian sports journalist and novelist.
When he was demobilized in 1945, he entered La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy’s first and foremost sports daily) to become its Editor-in-Chief in 1949, the youngest-ever Editor-in-Chief of a national newspaper in Italy.
He is credited with innovating the Italian language, notably by creating a whole new vocabulary for football (soccer), some of which has spilt over into other languages than Italian. The word libero for a player’s particular role was created by Gianni Brera: famous nicknames of Italian players created by him included Abatino (“Little Abbot”) for Gianni Rivera and Rombo di tuono (“Thunder Rumble”) for Gigi Riva.
Gianni Brera wrote in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Il Guerin Sportivo, Il Giorno, Il Giornale, La Repubblica and several other publications.
Gianni Brera always took the point of view of a Northern Italian, more precisely that of a Lombard.
He is considered to have been the most influential Italian sports journalist of the 20th Century.
Brera died on December 19, 1992 at Codogno, near Lodi, because of a car accident (he was not the driver of the car).
This tournament was started in memory of Gianni Brera and it continues to this day.
Celtic had warmed up for this tournament with a 12-0 win over U.S. Carisolo on 22nd July. Frank McAvennie (4), Paul McStay and Andy Payton (2 each) were among the goals with singles for John Collins, Charlie Nicholas, Brian O’Neil and Dariusz Wdowczyk.
24 July 1993 – Semi-Finals
Kick-off 17.00 (CET) Stadio Campo La Pineta, Pinzolo
ATALANTA 3-0 CELTIC
ATALANTA: Ferron, Magoni (Pavan), Montero, Bigliardi (Valentino), Tresolo (Codispoti), Minaudo, Sauzee, Alemao (Urlandini), Scapolo, Ganz, Rambandi (Perronie)
CELTIC: Bonner, Boyd, McNally, O’Neil, Galloway, Gillespie, Slater, McStay, McAvennie, Payton, Collins
Substitutes: Vata, Byrne, Grant, Nicholas, Wdowczyk
REFEREE: G. Pappalardo
ATALANTA SCORERS: Ganz (35’, 63’), Rambaudi (41’)
Att: 5,000
Kick-off 20.30 (CET) Stadio Campo Sportivo, Spiazzo
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-0 SSC NAPOLI
NOTTINGHAM FOREST SCORERS: Cooper (13’), Collymore (59’)
26/07/93 3rd/4th Place play-off – Kick-off 17.00 (CET)
Stadio Campo La Pineta, Pinzolo
SSC NAPOLI 3-1 CELTIC
SSC NAPOLI: Tagliatela, Ferrara, Francini, Bordin, Bia, Nela, Caruso, Thern, Buso, Corini, Policano
Substitutes: Pagotto, Cannavaro, Tarantino, Pari, Pecchia Altomare, Brizzo, Bresciani
CELTIC: Bonner, Boyd, Wdowczyk, Grant, Mowbray, Galloway, Byrne, McStay, Slater, Nicholas, Coyne
Substitutes: McAvennie, Vata, McNally, Gray, Gillespie
REFEREE: Trento Regolon
SSC NAPOLI SCORERS: Policano (27’, 64’), Buso (29’)
CELTIC SCORER: McAvennie (72’)
Att: 1,000
Final – Kick-off 20.30 (CET)
Stadio Campo Sportivo, Spiazzo
ATALANTA 1-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
ATALANTA SCORER: Minaudo (32’)