Fifty years after one of the craziest feats in the history of Serie A. Tomorrow, the Olimpico will celebrate the first scudetto of the Laziothe one conquered in 1974 by the Biancocelesti of Tommaso Maestrelli, the only coach capable of holding together a locker room divided into two, in which it was even said guns were circulating. A story that we also told on TMW and to which he returns, interviewed by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Massimo Maestrellison of Tommaso who will parade on the lawn of the Roman stadium tomorrow.
“Usually these anniversaries serve to bring together people who don’t meet often, but in our case this isn’t the case – says Maestrelli – we see each other at least once a month. Even those who live in the North. It’s the story of two clans – he continues – they didn’t speak to each other. On the one hand the group of Chinaglia and Wilson, on the other that of Re Cecconi and Martini”.
But how did Maestrelli keep the locker room together? “He had a great intuition – explains his son – and that was to support, without repressing that rivalry. On Sundays they competed to see who should be more decisive”.
