Two classic teams in two classic kits played out a classic match with John Motson’s excitement a perfect accompaniment
“Socrates scores a goal … That sums up the philosophy of Brazilian football!” Even during John Motson’s mid-80s pomp, I was always more of a Barry Davies man. The yodelling tone, the semi-scripted big lines. It always seemed a bit much.
Even that stone cold Motson classic, “the Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club”, was basically quite weird, an unexplained zigzag into sexually androgynous New Romantic cod-reggae in the moment of Wimbledon’s FA Cup final triumph. “The Crazy Gang have beaten the Rat Pack.” That might have been better, but only if we really must have an underdog 1950s British comedy troupe riff at this point.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/08/my-favourite-game-italy-v-brazil-1982-world-cup under the title “My favourite game: Italy v Brazil, 1982 World Cup”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
