1903 - The Genoa ago Cinquina - ^ Part II

The optimism of Genoa
With a total of only 5 matches with Juventus and getting the pass to the challenge against pluridecorato Genoa, so it plays essentially the sixth tournament official Italian football. In fact, the eliminatory phase Juventus has no rival: liquid in the derby with FC Torinese the result of heavy 5-0, then later touches all'Audace Torino be eliminated even with the slightest deviation, the match ended 2-1 for white. The freshman Andrea Doria, who until then had fallen in only non-official, is overtaken by the cyclone and Juventus lost 7-1. Finally are the devils rossoneri to give way to the finals losing to Juventus with the result of 2-0. Entire eliminatory phase took place in March through couplings decided by a draw with which it also decided to play the field game. The final takes place once again at Ponte Carrega (Genoa), but after a month of the last match of the eliminatory phase. So, on April 29 1903 Genoa and Juventus found themselves for the first time against during the Italian championship. The Ligurian were presented with the usual field training following the motto, "winning team does not change" and were forecast of strong conviction and can do well this time, the field it was concrete proof. Although the match was hard fought and played in incessant rhythms from both formations the griffins are imposed on white with a net score of 3-0 winning their fifth championship history.

Consignments

Step eliminatory
1 / 3 Juventus - Torino FC 5-0 =
8 / 3 Daring Turin - Juventus 1-2 =
15 / 3 Juventus - Andrea Doria = 7-1
16 / 3 Milan - Juventus 0-2 =

Final (Genoa, Ponte Carrega)
29 / 4 Genoa - Juventus 2-0 =

The team champion

the names are not on camera

Spensley, P. Rossi, Ghigliotti; Paster I Senft,
Cartier; Agar, Foffani, Dapples, Montaldo, Paster II.

Stories of men
Back to talk about the characters. Men who have made great football in Italy and which history must remember to rebuild the milestones of the sport. This article will be discussed Edoardo Pasteur (Genova 29/05/1877 - 19/09/1969). It was one of the strongest middle of the history of Genoa, during the pioneer. With griffins won six Scudetti in ten years of athletic activities and then hold the post of President of the club until 1909 (it was withdrawn from racing until 1908, at the age of 31 years). Following the practice of football took the shoes of arbitrator (very common custom in those years), directing both abroad and in Italy two meetings. A man of great charisma and was set to Spensley one of the founders of Genoa Cricket and Football club that met at the age of 19 years. Born to a wealthy family in Geneva was a relative of Louis Pasteur, a famous French chemist and inventor of immunization biologist from cholera, anthrax and rabies vaccines. It was the only player born and raised in Genoa to dress for the first time the squad cloths of Liguria in a time when almost all of the players was of British origin. It tells how the first case of accident into the game finished printing concerns Edoardo Pasteur. It was on 8 December 1897 and the median on the bridge Carrega, during a friendly challenge between Genoa and a mixed team of players the club Torino and the International Torinese, a shock against a fence pole instead of the field the nasal septum fracture. The Genoa in the course of its history inextricably attached his name to that of Pasteur that was thanks to his speech that after the second war modiale the club could resume his normal racing activity. In 1921 were also important speeches during his confrontation with the FIGC (Italian federation football game), at a time when there was a terrible rift in her Interior because of foreign players militants in the Italian championship; Pasteur presided fact, the Confederation Italian football, born from this division as opposed to the FIGC. Later, around the'50s always in Genoa opened a sports store. Edoardo Pasteur died in the Ligurian city at the age of 92 years and was the last player of that "legendary" Genoa, who in the early years of Italian football had dictated the law, a move to a better life.

Trivia
In 1880 the Official Rules football finally introduced the use of parastinchi. This is further demonstration of how, always, this sport is one of those violent. In the same year the organization had set up federation of stricter rules to calm the violent conduct that occurred in the area. Despite the introduction use was later date only some time many athletes were using parastinchi in safeguarding their tibias. The material was the prevailing leather. The first copies of this article were very bulky and antiestetici. Given the size of the "footballers" were using them over the socks. The article was shown over the years of football practice is essential not only for rudezza clashes (higher in those years because of still too many similarities with the rugby), but also for the poor preparation of athletes of athletics time than players of our time.

Historical events
Precisely in that year, at 10.35 was one of the most important events of human history. With these few assets, on the Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina of the Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) deliver the story made the first flight by a man through a "something" that most of pesasse. Orville Wright will relieve you from the earth with a first prototype motor, while in the air for about 12 seconds and covering a distance of 36 meters. The first flying machine in history was named "Flyer" (volatile, aviator). It was a crucial moment for both the personal history of the two inventors (intent to appropriate trials for years) than for human existence itself and from there recently and against total skepticism would "conquered the skies."

Sources

• Encyclopedia of Sports - Treccani.
• Illustrated almanac of football - Panini.
• Samples & Championship 90/91 - De Agostini.
• Football History 1898-2007 dello Sport that has made Italy - J. Foot - Ed. Historical Rizzoli.

Girolamo Ferlito