Fifty years after winning their first title, a new book enriched with untold stories and private confessions reveals the secrets of the “Banda Maestrelli”. Airone editrice, under the aegis of Gremese International, announces that from 4 May Franco Recanatesi’s book, “TRICOLOR NOVEL. Lazio 1974: the secret story of an impossible scudetto”, will be available for a week on newsstands, combined with newspaper “Il Messaggero”, at a cost of €9.90 in addition to the price of the newspaper. The offer is valid at all newspaper distributors in Rome and Lazio. Starting from May 12th, the bookstore edition will be on sale at the price of €11.90, both in bookstores and online.
“Tricolor Romance” offers not only a narrative of Lazio’s first championship, won on 12 May 1974 by the legendary team of Maestrelli and Chinaglia, but also a fascinating exploration of the background of this epic undertaking, bringing unexpected figures to light. Anecdotes and secrets are revealed by a well-known sports journalist, chronicler of the time for Corriere dello Sport, who lived those crucial years in close contact with the team, following them on away games and in training camps. The work also includes a detailed account of the thirty matches of that championship, retracing Lazio’s long march towards triumph on the fiftieth anniversary of that success.
«This book narrates two memorable years spent close to an exceptional team, with exceptional players led by an exceptional coach. Focusing on the lesser-known and more peculiar aspects of this adventure, I explored the internal dynamics through the testimonies of even minor characters from that crucial period of 1974, marked by political tensions and a serious economic crisis, but illuminated by the triumph of an extraordinary Lazio capable to challenge the great teams from the North…”.
«…The true narrators of this book are them, together with my memories that I transposed onto an imaginary character, who, with an invented story, traveled and at times intertwined with the trajectory of the protagonists of that audacious and unique.”
Franco Recanatesi is a journalist and writer who worked at Corriere dello Sport in the Seventies, followed by collaborations with Panorama and Repubblica since their foundation, and author of numerous books, including five dedicated to his beloved Lazio. He currently collaborates with various newspapers, radios and televisions.
