Ezio Pascutti, top goalscorer
in the Bologna side that won the 1964 scudetto, died Wednesday
night at 79.
Teammate Romano Fogli said "Pascutti and (Gigi) Riva were
the best left wingers in Italy. Gigi was more powerful, but Ezio
was more canny: I saw him do things in the last 16 metres that
I've never seen anyone do".
Pascutti, the former midfielder recalled, "scored
unthinkable goals, in all ways, many with his head, even 20
centimetres off the ground, risking to get kicked in the face,
and in fact he was, a lot".
Fogli said he had cried for two hours when he heard of
Pascutti's death Thursday morning.
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