Like May 12th fifty years ago. With a heart full of emotions for a feat that has become legendary. Before the Lazio-Empoli match, the Scudetto of Tommaso Maestrelli’s team was remembered. On the same day as that match against Foggia which gave the Biancocelesti the first tricolor in their history. At 11.42 the players of 1974 took to the pitch accompanied by the children of those who are no longer with that glorious eleven. With them Massimo Maestrelli, Tommaso’s son, and Massimo Lenzini, son of Umberto, the president of the Lazio team that went from Serie B to the top of Italian football in two years. Each with the white and blue shirt like that of the time. Immediately wrapped in the embrace of the Olimpico. With the 55 thousand spectators arriving at the stadium already an hour before the start of the match against Empoli. The images of those champions on the big screen. With the voice of Enrico Ameri, from the radio commentary of that match. And on the field Oddi, Martini, Petrelli, Nanni and Garlaschelli resumed the positions of their roles in that magical ride. Shortly before, the stamp and quicksilver medal in honor of that championship were presented in the press room at the Olimpico. An initiative conducted with the State Printing and Mint Institute.
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Speaking to Lazio Style, president Claudio Lotito declared: “Today is an epic day, we are handing down our history to young people, to new generations to make them understand how important it is to be from Lazio and have the pride of belonging. As well as having the responsibility of bringing values, such as merit, the spirit of sacrifice, determination and the spirit of service towards less fortunate people who, thanks to these legends, find the strength to overcome great difficulties”. The day began at 9am at Tor di Quinto with Lazio Parachuting which organized a landing on the field where Maestrelli’s Lazio trained: one day fifty years ago Luciano Re Cecconi and Gigi Martini descended onto that ground launched from their parachutes between the pleased looks of his teammates who were about to start training.
