He won anyway. In the Caporetto of the Italian adventure at the European Football Championships there is a professional who, just like in the last edition of that championship, really comes out with his head held high: Paolo Pacchioni. Radiovision commentator on Rtl 102.5. Football expert. But above all an almost perfect symbol of what in my opinion the story of a match should be, that is, exciting, engaging but never overwhelming. Milanese, 51 years old, passionate about sports but also, as he often repeats, “carbohydrates”, he is a speaker with a rare speed of execution (in essence, he speaks in bursts) that always keeps the sporting gesture in the foreground. Pacchioni does not sing and play, he does not spend his time showing how good he is and does not exploit every excuse to reel off knowledge.
As you can understand, it is now a rarity. In short, despite his thirty-year career he still has the spirit of the “promising young man” who gets excited and saddened depending on how the national team plays and, like when Zaccagni scored at the last second, he is capable of unleashing himself in the South American style using all the decibels of the voice.
What remains in Pacchioni’s radio commentaries is the sense of surprise, the spirit of the young football spectator who knows how to be amazed. If you add to that the expertise of an expert, well, there you have the profile of the ideal radio commentator.
